Decided Quote by Bertrand Russell

Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of scientists abstaining…

— Sam Harris

The real value of science is in the getting, and those who have tasted the pleasure of discovery alone know what science is. A…

— Frederick Soddy

Science is of value because it can produce something.

— Richard P. Feynman

“Science is thus a paradigm for how we ought to gain knowledge—not the particular methods or institutions of science but its value system, namely…

— Steven Pinker

The scientific value of truth is not, however, ultimate or absolute. It rests partly on practical, partly on aesthetic interests. As our ideas are…

— George Santayana

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

— Albert Einstein

“Thus natural science is not a way of knowing the real world; its value lies not in its truth but in its utility; by…

— R.G. Collingwood

“Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value, elly judgments of all kinds remain necessary.”

— Albert Einstein

A scientist shouldn't be asked to judge the economic and moral value of his work. All we should ask the scientist to do is…

— Harmony Korine

Scientists are human. We have our blind spots and prejudices. Science is a mechanism designed to ferret them out. Problem is we aren't always…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Scientists seem to say something like this: The value of science is beyond question. That means that we have to minimize its catastrophic dangers.…

— Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science

“Science is not about building a body of known ‘facts’. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check,…

— Terry Pratchett