![The greatest achievements in the science of this [twentieth] century are themselves the sources of more puzzlement than human beings have ever experienced. Indeed, it is likely that the twentieth century will be looked back at as the time when science provided the first close glimpse of the profundity of human ignorance. We have not reached solutions; we have only begun to discover how to ask questions.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-greatest-achievements-in-the-science-of-this-twentieth-century-are-themselv.jpg)
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Each such answer to the great question, invariably asserted by the followers of its propounder, if not by himself, to be complete and final, remains in high authority and esteem, it may be for one century, or it may be for twenty: but, as invariably, Time proves each reply to have been a mere approximation to the truth tolerable chiefly on account of the ignorance of those by whom it was accepted, and wholly intolerable when tested by the larger knowledge of their successors. Thomas Huxley
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Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation, except through science. Luther Burbank
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Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness. Sidney Hook
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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance. Sheryl Sandberg
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Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand. Neil Peart
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She feared the unknown as we all do, and her ignorance made the unknown infinitely vast. Joseph Conrad
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One ship is very much like another and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny.
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It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns. Joshua Ferris
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People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening. Laurell K. Hamilton
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Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his "comb" and "spare shirt," "leathern breeches" and "gauze cap to keep off gnats," with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable. Henry David Thoreau
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So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out. Robert Sheckley
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... finding that in [the Moon] there is a provision of light and heat; also in appearance, a soil proper for habitation fully as good as ours, if not perhaps better who can say that it is not extremely probable, nay beyond doubt, that there must be inhabitants on the Moon of some kind or other? William Herschel
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He broke through the barriers of the skies.
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I have looked farther into space than ever a human being did before me.
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Execution is the chariot of genius. William Blake
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Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. Xenophanes
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I am not a scientist. Ronald Reagan
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The extraordinary development of modern science may be her undoing. Specialism, now a necessity, has fragmented the specialities themselves in a way that makes the outlook hazardous. The workers lose all sense of proportion in a maze of minutiae. William Osler
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And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go. Tom Lehrer
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Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere. Smiley Blanton