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- There are many examples of old, incorrect theories that stubbornly persisted, sustained only by the prestige of foolish but well-connected scientists. . . . Many…
- Srinivasa Ramanujan was the strangest man in all of mathematics, probably in the entire history of science. He has been compared to a bursting supernova,…
- [T]he yeoman's work in any science, and especially physics, is done by the experimentalist, who must keep the theoreticians honest.
- For most of human history, we could only watch, like bystanders, the beautiful dance of Nature. But today, we are on the cusp of an…
- Once confined to fantasy and science fiction, time travel is now simply an engineering problem.
- I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes…
- They basically ask their engineers to volunteer some probability figures, then they take the average. This is not science. This is voodoo,
- I got a four year scholarship to Harvard, and while I was there they wanted to groom me for work in the Star Wars program…
- Physicists often quote from T. H. White's epic novel The Once and Future King, where a society of ants declares, "Everything not forbidden is compulsory."…
- A hundred years ago, Auguste Compte, ... a great philosopher, said that humans will never be able to visit the stars, that we will never…
- Science is definitely part of America's infrastructure, the engine of prosperity. And yet science is given almost no visibility in the media.
- So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It has a real…
- In science, nothing is ever 100% proven.
- Science fiction without the science just becomes, you know, sword and sorcery, basically stories about heroism and not much more.
- Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I'm sure they do great work. But they're…
- I vowed to myself that when I grew up and became a theoretical physicist, in addition to doing research, I would write books that I…
- In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy popcorn. No attempt…
- It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only…
- By 2100, our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared. But our tools will not be magic wands and potions…
- In some sense, gravity does not exist; what moves the planets and the stars is the distortion of space and time.
- We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more…
- You cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces us to confront…
- No one knows who wrote the laws of physics or where they come from. Science is based on testable, reproducible evidence, and so far we…
- I am a futurist, projecting trends in science into the next decades and century, but ironically my two daughters - one is a neuroscientist and…
- One problem with politics is that it is a zero sum game, i.e. politicians argue how to cut the pie smaller and smaller, by reshuffling…
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- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle
- I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction. — J. J. Abrams
- Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about… — Karen Armstrong
- Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next… — Neil Armstrong
- Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. — Mary Kay Ash
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
- When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov