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Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of…
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I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body…
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that…
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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.…
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
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It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical…
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The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural…
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Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp. It is…
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The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but…
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Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention…
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that…
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It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they…
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All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the delicate circuits…
— Diane Ackerman
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The eye altering, alters all.
— William Blake
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Every change in human attitude must come through internal understanding and acceptance. Man is the only known creature who can reshape and…
— John C. Maxwell
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An act cannot be defined by the end sought by the actor, for an identical system of behaviour may be adjustable to…
— Emile Durkheim
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A fact bobbed up from my memory, that the ancient Egyptians prescribed walking through a garden as a cure for the mad.…
— Paul Fleischman
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By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and…
— Sun Tzu
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We're all just a bundle of habits shaped by our memories. And to the extent that we control our lives, we do…
— Joshua Foer
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We have the ability to create choice by altering our interpretations of the world.
— Sheena Iyengar
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Conclusions arrived at through reasoning have very little or no influence in altering the course of our lives.
— Carlos Castaneda
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The traveler's boast, sometimes couched as a complaint, is that of having been an eyewitness, and invariably this experience - shocking though…
— Paul Theroux
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Our legacy is really the lives we touch, the inspiration we give, altering someone's plan - if even for a moment -…
— Unknown Author
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If the juices of the body were more chymically examined, especially by a naturalist, that knows the ways of making fixed bodies…
— Robert Boyle
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