Explanation Quotes

903 Explanation quotes by 703 unique authors

It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism… — Thomas Nagel
The remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which itself… — John Polkinghorne
The hallmark of a deep explanation is that it answers more than you ask — Max Tegmark
Discovering a new explanation is inherently an act of creativity. — David Deutsch
But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of… — Hugh MacLennan
In private many scientists admit that science has no explanation for the beginning of life.... Darwin never imagined the exquisitely profound complexity that exists even… — Michael Behe
I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a scientific program to investigate the computational capacity of the universe,… — Seth Lloyd
Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love the organisms for… — E. O. Wilson
Doing mathematics should always mean finding patterns and crafting beautiful and meaningful explanations. — Paul Lockhart
Mathematics is the art of explanation. If you deny students the opportunity to engage in this activity-- to pose their own problems, to make their… — Paul Lockhart
Character formation cannot be taught. It comes from experience and not from explanation. — Maria Montessori
Her imperturbable self-confidence (Duchesse de Maine) caused Madame de Stael to write that the Duchesse believed in herself the same way she believed in God,… — Antonia Fraser
The main activity of programming is not the origination of new independent programs, but in the integration, modification, and explanation of existing ones. — Terry Winograd
Before our globe had become egg-shaped or round it was a long trail of cosmic dust or fire-mist, moving and writhing like a serpent. This,… — Manly Hall
We inhabit, we are part of, a reality for which explanation is much too poor and small. — Marilynne Robinson
Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider,… — Adrian McKinty
Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune; and there are probably more people really interested in… — G. H. Hardy
What is the explanation of the seemingly insane drive of man to be painter and poet if it is not an act of defiance against… — Barnett Newman
The primary problem is not to provide the public with the knowledge of how far it is to the nearest star and what genes are… — Richard Lewontin
Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept… — Richard Lewontin

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