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science opportunity thinking
I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain … In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar. Richard P. Feynman
science measurement momentum
Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory.
science play theoretical-physics
It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics.
science progress trying
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
science thinking doubt
Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show.
science tourists philosopher
Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists.
science reflection desire
The difficulty really is psychological and exists in the perpetual torment that results from your saying to yourself, "But how can it be like that?" which is a reflection of uncontrolled but utterly vain desire to see it in terms of something familiar. ... If you will simply admit that maybe [Nature] does behave like this, you will find her a delightful, entrancing thing. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possible avoid it, "But how can it be like that?" because you will get 'down the drain', into a blind alley from which nobody has escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that.
science errors certain
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
science camels world
Cheetah genes cooperate with cheetah genes but not with camel genes, and vice versa. This is not because cheetah genes, even in the most poetic sense, see any virtue in the preservation of the cheetah species. They are not working to save the cheetah from extinction like some molecular World Wildlife Fund. Richard Dawkins
two emotion fear-of-love
There are only two emotions. Love and fear.... Love and fear is all there is == Everything else is just an offshoot motivated by those two. Carl Jung
two way directors
No two directors make the same film the same way. Rob Cohen
two trying gears
You can get the oldest drum machine out and whack out four sounds like a kick, snare, and two types of high-hat, and try and come up with the freshest thing on the spot. The gear can guide you - you can choose one bit of gear and it's obviously got its restrictions and its limitations, but at the same time, you've got to exploit what it's capable of and what it's best used for. Rob Brown
two-sides car would-be
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief. Richard Widmark
two splits world
My life was split by two worlds, but he kept me whole. Richelle Mead
two doe looks
Now I see some family resemblance. I was starting to wonder if Jill was adopted, but you two kind of look like each other." "So does our mailman back in North Dakota," said Adrian.
two waiting silence
Can you come over to Amberwood? I need you to help me break curfew and escape my dorm.” There were a few moments of silence. “Sage, I’ve been waiting two months to hear you say those words. You want me to bring a ladder?
two years lifetime
You can live a lifetime in two years.
two different two-different-things
Wanting and needing are two different things.
judging
There are so many pianists that play so well. Once they're at that level, the judging is so subjective. Michael Luxner
judging tests sole
The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific truth.
judging style riding
Everyone has a completely different style of riding and a different style of judging. Travis Pastrana
judging doe appearance
Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does. W. H. Auden
judging may knows
We neither know nor judge ourselves; others may judge, but cannot know us. God alone judges and knows us. Wilkie Collins
judging drunk objections
I was always like, "I'm going to be the drunk judge who's like, 'Objection!' 'In chambers!' " Winona Ryder
judging criticism needs
When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical. Winston Churchill
judging incidents trusted
What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that. Tracey Emin
judging important deeds
They say: Belief is important. I say: No, actions are important. Judge by deed, not by creed. Robert Green Ingersoll