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John B. S. Haldane has 53 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The advance of scientific knowledge does not seem to make either our universe or our inner life in it any less mysterious.
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The conclusion forced upon me in the course of a life devoted to natural science is that the universe as it is…
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It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance.
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In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols…
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If materialism is true, it seems to me that we cannot know that it is true. If my opinions are the result…
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Haldane was engaged in discussion with an eminent theologian. "What inference," asked the latter, "might one draw about the nature of God…
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Science affects the average man and woman in two ways already. He or she benefits by its application driving a motor-car or…
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I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day.…
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Until politics are a branch of science, we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts…
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The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression "Vital…
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I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't…
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[Children] are taught that it is a virtue to accept statements without adequate evidence, which leaves them a prey to quacks of…
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My practise as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment I assume that no god,…
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