Medical science is making such remarkable progress that soon none of us will be well. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There is no scientific proof that only scientific proofs are good proofs; no way to prove by the scientific method that the… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Philosophy, as defined by Fichte, is the "science of sciences." Its aim was to solve the problems of the world. In the… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
“Remember, Thursday, that scientific thought -- indeed, any mode of thought, whether it be religious or philosophical or anything else -- is… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“To us investigators, the concept 'soul' is irrelevant and a matter for laughter.” — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
How fortunate for civilization, that Beethoven, Michelangelo, Galileo and Faraday were not required by law to attend schools where their total personalities… — Joel Henry Hildebrand Copy Share Image
[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad. — Bronislaw Malinowski Copy Share Image
Mathematics is often erroneously referred to as the science of common sense. Actually, it may transcend common sense and go beyond either… — Edward Kasner Copy Share Image
“Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding. It comes as no particular surprise… — Abraham Kaplan Copy Share Image
Whatever evil voices may rage, Science, secure among the powers that are eternal, will do her work and be blessed. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
At a recent conference, a colleague told one of us that in IPCC discussions, some scientists have been reluctant to make strong… — Naomi Oreskes Copy Share Image
Creating artworks, writing and publishing novels, poetry, music, or conducting art-historical research requires support. So does everything else in the world, from… — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
A certain kind of methodologically-minded philosopher of science is quick to read off metaphysical conclusions from features of scientific practice. Chemists don't… — David Papineau Copy Share Image
The history of empires is the record of human misery; the history of the sciences is that of the greatness and happiness… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“He made no distinction between pornography and science fiction, often wondering out loud why they confiscated the one and not the other.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The progress of science requires the growth of understanding in both directions, downward from the whole to the parts and upward from… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
“There are no grounds for going beyond a scientific explanation of reality and no sound reason for believing anything but our sense… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don’t have the correct… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
“From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Like you, my boy, I am a Scientific Humanist and feel no need for the aid of the supernatural.” — Harry Harrison Copy Share Image
Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question. Science has no answer to it. — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
“The ignorant are not satisfied with what can be demonstrated. Science is too slow for them, and so they invent creeds. They… — Tim Page Copy Share Image
Perhaps scientists will eventually discover that we are all clockwork bunnies, and our experience of volition is an electro-chemical illusion. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
We did it!" I said, feeling limp with relief. "It actually worked!" Dr. Turgenev rubbed his forehead. "I had very big doubts."… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
“Motivation is more like a skill, akin to reading or writing, that can be learned and honed. Scientists have found that people… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Science is a little bit more than a wonderful way of modelling and predicting; it's a wonderful technical abstraction. I think science… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
There are plenty of characters of color in fantasy and science fiction. But when you ask the question, "How many of them… — Stephen H. Segal Copy Share Image
Someone is an ignoramus who would say that, 'Oh, we had three hurricanes this year. This proves that somehow the climate is… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“If the universe was scientific and just left to itself, then we’d have statistical probabilities to rely on. But once people are… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The strongest proof that in the name of “science” we pursue unworthy and sometimes even harmful things is the existence of a… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“You see, science has overcome time and space. Well, Harvey has overcome not only time and space, but any objections.” — Elwood P. Dowd Copy Share Image
In science we have to consider two things: power and circumstance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No individual has done more to help me pursue a career in science than my wife of forty-five years. I met Enid… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image