Confused Quote by Erwin Chargaff

“Whenever one asks “Why?” in science, one actually means “How?”. “Why?” is not really a sensible question in science because it usually implies purpose…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

Science can tell us how, but they can't tell us why

— J COLE

Science is not the means by which we come to understand why physical laws and circumstances are the way they are. When we ask…

— Carolyn Porco

Science is about questioning things.

— Alice Roberts

Reason and science allow us to properly think about the necessary data that are required in order to answer a given question. This is…

— Gad Saad

“It is a tedious cliché (and, unlike many clichés, it isn't even true) that science concerns itself with how questions, but only theology is…

— Richard Dawkins

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

— Claude Levi-Strauss

“[I]n science we have to be particularly cautious about 'why' questions. When we ask, 'Why?' we usually mean 'How?' If we can answer the…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

The sciences are the 'how,' and the humanities are the 'why' - why are we here, why do we believe in the things we…

— George Lucas

The excitement that science possess is its ability to answer the big questions.

— Lynne McTaggart

I love this crazy scientific method called asking. It helps me to justify my assumptions.

— Terry Mark

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding...

— Brian Greene