![Philosophers of science constantly discuss theories and representation of reality, but say almost nothing about experiment, technology, or the use of knowledge to alter the world. This is odd, because 'experimental method' used to be just another name for scientific method.... I hope [to] initiate a Back-to-Bacon movement, in which we attend more seriously to experimental science. Experimentation has a life of its own.](/assets/img/quote-photos/philosophers-of-science-constantly-discuss-theories-and-representation-of-reality.jpg)
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All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell
science supposing-that forever
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new. Calvin Coolidge
science would-be mould
If every one were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty. Charles Darwin
science son progress
But now I've got a young son and his interest is in science and now when I talk to him, I see that in the science sphere of our lives there is new, there is progress. Janet Suzman
science writer
The process of being a writer is much more interior than being a scientist, because science is so reactionary. Hanya Yanagihara
science deities evolution
Midway from Nothing to the Deity! Edward Young
science lines way
A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of Aristotle's reply to Zeno's paradox concerning continuity. Aristotle
science two fire
For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater is quicker than that of the less, just as the downward movement of a mass of gold or lead, or of any other body endowed with weight, is quicker in proportion to its size.
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Science has become politicized, and that's an embarrassment. Seth MacFarlane
technology
Technology, we find, amplifies behaviours. If you want to be anti-social, technology allows you to be. And vice versa.
technology safe way
Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth. Ben Marcus
technology risk smog
Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death. Ayn Rand
technology reality hands
You have the mainstream bourgeois life of the U.S., Europe, the "developed" world - the life of technology, education, mortgages, careers, a certain level of physical comfort - while on the other hand, several billion people on the planet exist on less than a dollar a day. That's a huge and terrible reality to get your head around. Ben Fountain
technology ipads apples
Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world. Al-Waleed bin Talal
technology numbers population
Our new technologies, combined with our numbers, have made us, collectively, a force of nature Al Gore
technology differences machines
The difference between machines and human beings is that human beings can be reproduced by unskilled labour. Arthur C. Clarke
technology imagine
You can't really imagine music without technology. Brian Eno
technology infrastructure hard
For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace. Dennis Ritchie
reality fiction epiphany
What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth. Azar Nafisi
reality limits fairy-tale
Every fairy tale offers the potential to surpass present limits, so in a sense the fairy tale offers you freedoms that reality denies.
reality thinking people
You see 'awesome' and I see 'lost.' It's very easy to lose touch with reality when you've got that many people thinking you are more than you really are. Brian Bosworth
reality ideas broken
Not only has President Bush broken his word on funding, he has not put in the effort required to turn this excellent idea into a lifesaving reality. Jamie Drummond
reality men order
A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake. Carl Sandburg
reality choices painting
Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole... Alain de Botton
reality causes indifference
In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe. Al Goldstein
reality thinking views
My space chums think reality was once a primitive method of crowd control that got out of hand. In my view, it’s absurdity dressed up in a three-piece business suit. Jane Wagner
reality path use
Any path to knowledge is a path to God-or Reality, whichever word one prefers to use