Affected Quote by Max Born

“The same trend is noticeable in the scientific realm: research here is for its own sake far more than for the partial and fragmentary…

— René Guénon

It is true practically if not altogether without exception that the changes studied by any science tend to equilibrate or neutralize the forces which…

— Frank Knight

Nowadays, cosmology seems rather unexciting.

— Joseph Silk

Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous…

— Steven Weinberg

“Planck famously said that science advances one funeral at a time. He meant that only when one generation passes away do new theories have…

— Yuval Noah Harari

The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and…

— Nikola Tesla

Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.

— Stephen Hawking

To talk intelligibly about modern physics, we have to admit the possibility of uncaused events.

— Taner Edis

Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remain the same.

— Mary Leakey

It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.

— Ernst Mayr

“Looking toward the future, there are two possibilities. If I’m wrong and the MUH is false, then physics will eventually hit an insurmountable roadblock…

— Max Tegmark

We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is]…

— Robert Shapiro