--- title: "9 Science Tell Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Science Tell quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Science Tell sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/michael-crichton-694_happens_science-can-t-tell-you-why-anything-happ_2299441.jpg" --- > [Science can't tell you why anything happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/science-can-t-tell-you-why-anything-happens/) [Michael Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crichton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/michael-crichton-694_happens_science-can-t-tell-you-why-anything-happ_2299441.jpg) > [Science can tell us how to do many things, but it can't tell us what should be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/science-can-tell-us-how-to-do-many-things-but-it-can-t-tell-us-what/) [Vikrant Parsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-parsai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/vikrant-parsai-70_inspirational_science-can-tell-us-how-to-do-many-thing_635432.jpg) > [Science can tell us how, but they can't tell us why](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole/science-can-tell-us-how-but-they-can-t-tell-us-why/) [J COLE](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/j-cole-754_science_science-can-tell-us-how-but-they-can-t-t_2992511.png) > [Let science tell us what and how. Let religion tell us who and why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/let-science-tell-us-what-and-how-let-religion-tell-us-who-and-why/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/pope-john-paul-ii-485_religion_let-science-tell-us-what-and-how-let-rel_1588828.jpg) > [What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/what-science-cannot-tell-us-mankind-cannot-know/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/bertrand-russell-69_humankind_what-science-cannot-tell-us-mankind-cann_2737583.jpg) > [Believe In God, like the Sun up in the sky Science can tell us how, but the can tell us why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole/believe-in-god-like-the-sun-up-in-the-sky-science-can-tell-us-how-but/) [J Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/j-cole-754_believe_believe-in-god-like-the-sun-up-in-the-sk_1528704.png) > [Science cannot tell us a word about why music delights us, of why and how an old song can move us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-schrodinger/science-cannot-tell-us-a-word-about-why-music-delights-us-of-why-and/) [Erwin Schrodinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-schrodinger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/287/erwin-schrodinger-8450_delight_science-cannot-tell-us-a-word-about-why_426264.jpg) > [You know, they say that there is a part of the human chest that it you strike it hard enough, it makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristin-o-keefe-aptowicz/you-know-they-say-that-there-is-a-part-of-the-human-chest-that-it-you/) [Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristin-o-keefe-aptowicz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/cristin-o-keefe-aptowicz-47666_believe_you-know-they-say-that-there-is-a-part-o_226243.png) > [“We underestimate the power of science, and overestimate the power of personal observation. A peer-reviewed, journal-published, replicated report is worth far more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/we-underestimate-the-power-of-science-and-overestimate-the-power-of/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_rationality_we-underestimate-the-power-of-science-an_439284.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-tell/#itemlist", "name": "Science Tell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science can't tell you why anything happens.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Crichton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crichton/science-can-t-tell-you-why-anything-happens/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/michael-crichton-694_happens_science-can-t-tell-you-why-anything-happ_2299441.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/michael-crichton-694_happens_science-can-t-tell-you-why-anything-happ_2299441.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/michael-crichton-694_happens_science-can-t-tell-you-why-anything-happ_2299441.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Science can't tell you why anything happens.” — Michael Crichton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science can tell us how to do many things, but it can't tell us what should be done.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vikrant Parsai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/science-can-tell-us-how-to-do-many-things-but-it-can-t-tell-us-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/vikrant-parsai-70_inspirational_science-can-tell-us-how-to-do-many-thing_635432.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/vikrant-parsai-70_inspirational_science-can-tell-us-how-to-do-many-thing_635432.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/vikrant-parsai-70_inspirational_science-can-tell-us-how-to-do-many-thing_635432.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Science can tell us how to do many things, but it can't tell us what should be done.” — Vikrant Parsai", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science can tell us how, but they can't tell us why", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J COLE" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole/science-can-tell-us-how-but-they-can-t-tell-us-why/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/j-cole-754_science_science-can-tell-us-how-but-they-can-t-t_2992511.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/j-cole-754_science_science-can-tell-us-how-but-they-can-t-t_2992511.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/j-cole-754_science_science-can-tell-us-how-but-they-can-t-t_2992511.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Science can tell us how, but they can't tell us why” — J COLE", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let science tell us what and how. 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A peer-reviewed, journal-published, replicated report is worth far more than what you see with your own eyes. Our own eyes can deceive us. People can fool themselves, hallucinate, and even go insane. The controls on publication in major journals are more trustworthy than the very fabric of your brain. If you see with your own eyes that the sky is blue, and Science says it is green, then sir, I advise that you trust in Science. This is not what most scientists will tell you, of course; but I think it is pragmatically true. 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