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The first business of a man of science is to proclaim the truth as he finds it, and let the world adjust…
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My point of view is that science is essentially private, whereas the almost universal counter point of view, explicitly stated in many…
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Science is what scientists do, and there are as many scientific methods as there are individual scientists.
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I believe it to be of particular importance that the scientist have an articulate and adequate social philosophy, even more important than…
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It is the merest truism, evident at once to unsophisticated observation, that mathematics is a human invention.
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By far the most important consequence of the conceptual revolution brought about in physics by relativity and quantum theory lies not in…
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Coincidence is what you have left over when you apply a bad theory.
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Nature does not count nor do integers occur in nature. Man made them all, integers and all the rest, Kronecker to the…
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The result is that a generation of physicists is growing up who have never exercised any particular degree of individual initiative, who…
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I can see no justification whatever for the attitude which refuses on purely a priori grounds to accept action at a distance…
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The feeling of understanding is as private as the feeling of pain. The act of understanding is at the heart of all…
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The operational approach demands that we make our reports and do our thinking in the freshest terms of which we are capable,…
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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The regularity with which we conclude that further advances in a particular field are impossible seems equaled only by the regularity with…
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If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.
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To solve a problem is to create new problems, new knowledge immediately reveals new areas of ignorance, and the need for new…
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The first business of a man of science is to proclaim the truth as he finds it, and let the world adjust…
— Percy Williams Bridgman
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The science and technology which have advanced man safely into space have brought about startling medical advances for man on earth. Out…
— Hubertus Strughold
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All of life's experiences are teachers in some sense, challenging us to grow and evolve. Although the Persecutor certainly provokes a reaction,…
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In order to align your life choices with your values, you will need to inquire about the effects of your actions (and…
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