As Bertrand Russell once wrote, two plus two is four even in the interior of the sun. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Debunking bad science should be constant obligation of the science community, even if it takes time away from serious research or seems… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Let the Bible be the Bible. It's not about science. It's not accurate history. It is a grab bag of religious fantasies… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
If all sentient beings in the universe disappeared, there would remain a sense in which mathematical objects and theorems would continue to… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Consider a cow. A cow doesn't have the problem-solving skill of a chimpanzee, which has discovered how to get termites out of… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
[T]he more the public is confused, the easier it falls prey to doctrines of pseudo-science which may at some future date recieve… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
When reputable scientists correct flaws in an experiment that produced fantastic results, then fail to get those results when they repeat the… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Modern science should indeed arouse in all of us a humility before the immensity of the unexplored and a tolerance for crazy… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
One day, when I was doing well in class and had finished my lessons, I was sitting there trying to analyze the… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneron… my answer is “How should I know?”…… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Debunking bad science should be constant obligation of the science community, even if it takes time away from serious research or seems to be… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not only real, but it is the only reality. That is that entire universe is made of matter, obviously. And matter is… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Let the Bible be the Bible. It's not about science. It's not accurate history. It is a grab bag of religious fantasies written by… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
It is part of the pholosophic dullness of our time that there are millions of rational monsters walking about on their hind legs, observing… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
“Her constant orders for beheading are shocking to those modern critics of children's literature who feel that juvenile fiction should be free of all… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
The violence and double-talk in the Alice books probably does no harm to children, but the novels should not be allowed to circulate indiscriminately… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
As Bertrand Russell once wrote, two plus two is four even in the interior of the sun. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Mathemagical mathematics combines the beauty of mathematical structure with the entertainment value of a trick. — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
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