Aspect Quote by Arthur Koestler

Simplicity and beauty are the signs not of truth but of a well-constructed approximate model of a limited domain of phenomena.

— Lee Smolin

“One way to unify things that appear different is to show that the apparent difference is due to the difference in the perspective of…

— Lee Smolin

“Sufficiently simple natural structures are predictable but uncontrollable, whereas sufficiently complex symbolic descriptions are controllable but unpredictable.”

— Howard Pattee

Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.

— Joseph Pearce

Of course, if one ignores contradictory observations, one can claim to have an "elegant" or "robust" theory. But it isn't science.

— Halton Arp

Such abstraction which refuses to accept the given universe of facts as the final context of validation, such "transcending" analysis of the facts in…

— Herbert Marcuse

A little-known truth: Every aspect of the world is fundamentally unpredictable. Computer scientists have long since proved this.

— Rudy Rucker

“Once we allow the logical reconstruction of something (a being, a theodicy, and the like) to have internal self contradiction, it obviously becomes possible…

— Stanisław Lem

Consistent physical structures can allow unbounded intuitive clarity.

— Mary Anne Radmacher

“In this distinctive world, elusive quantities flash at the edge of conventional logic.”

— Peter Sloterdijk