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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 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 errors certain
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.
science curiosity fields
To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. Richard Whately
science people ego
They tend to be suspicious, bristly, paranoid-type people with huge egos they push around like some elephantiasis victim with his distended testicles in a wheelbarrow terrified no doubt that some skulking ingrate of a clone student will sneak into his very brain and steal his genius work. William S. Burroughs
science people comforting
Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things. Woody Allen
facts millions
The sum of a million facts is not the truth. William Manchester
facts enough ifs
But facts are facts, and if we only get enough of them theyare sure to combine. William James
facts
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
facts problem no-excuses
The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. Sarah Palin
facts mystery married
Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known. Richard Ford
facts stones grows
The seed must grow regardless Of the fact that it’s planted in stone Tupac Shakur
facts republican democrat
Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat. Trey Gowdy
facts doe belief
The fact that somebody does good doesn't make their beliefs true. Richard Dawkins
facts reason hypothesis
You will be right, over the course of many transactions, if your hypotheses are correct, your facts are correct, and your reasoning is correct. True conservatism is only possible through knowledge and reason. Warren Buffett
morale
I think that you will see the morale lifted, Harry McDonald
morality needs question
He needs the girl. It's that simple. There's no question of morality for him. Cillian Murphy
moral-high-ground iraq borders
We have the - the longest, friendliest border, you know, for the - for the longest time in the history - in recorded history, really, with Canada. And they get to sit on their moral perch, you know, take the moral high ground, say, oh, United States, shame on you about Iraq. They make us look bad internationally. And it's really not fair. Tucker Carlson
morality study social
Study, analyse the social structure - that's always far more effective than moralising. Vincent Van Gogh
morally people sit
I'm not going to sit here and tell people morally what they should do, Matt Birk
moral economics disregard
That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values. Mahatma Gandhi
moral judgment good-things
I'm very interested in why we do good things, or bad things, and where moral judgments come from. Paul Bloom
morality ethics indifference
To know the good is to react against the bad. Indifference is the mark of deprivation. Marya Mannes
moral philosopher poet
We are apt to consider Shakespeare only as a poet; but he was certainly one of the greatest moral philosophers that ever lived. Mary Wortley Montagu