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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
tests theory accounts
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. William Whewell
tests bugs kind
I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it. Will Wright
tests obstacles
Every obstacle is a test. Wayne Dyer
tests needs comedy
You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences. With both comedies and movies that are intense, you need to calibrate the film and see how audiences react. Rod Lurie
tests upbeat energetic
So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests. Barbara Ehrenreich
tests rewards be-patient
Allah tests our patience and our fortitude. He tests out strength of faith. be patient and there will endless rewards for you, insha'Allah" - Utaz Badr Leila Aboulela
tests ability
The only valid test of leadership is the ability to lead, and lead vigorously. John F. Kennedy
tests failing irrevocable
I've always thought tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune. Lois McMaster Bujold
tests ridicule
Ridicule is the best test of truth. Lord Chesterfield
century full history next
History is full of surprises, and the next century will be no exception. Billy Graham
century compact free hammered lifetime potential promise social workers
I think that the social compact hammered out in the mid-20th century has been superseded by a new compact that is different and doesn't promise the potential for lifetime tenure. Workers are free agents. John Challenger
century dead god man problem twentieth
In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead; in the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead Erich Fromm
century change constant future state
In this century of hyper-postmodern ideals, with the digital future, we're segmented into different people, places, and things in a constant state of change.
century college plus system
In its century plus years of existence, it's had only two owners: the Flagler System and Flagler College.
century club good gotten heads money raise work
The Century Club has done a lot of good work to raise money for charity. But on this one they've gotten their heads in the air.
century challenges common delivering element energy essential eu european require secure
The energy challenges of the 21st century require a common EU response. The EU is an essential element in delivering sustainable, competitive and secure energy for European citizens. Jose Barroso
century challenges comedians cowboys love modern opens period putting resist taking telling tender time western
The idea of taking this very modern 21st century story of tender love between two cowboys and putting it into the time period of an old Western opens up the floodgates for telling jokes. Comedians can't resist because we all know what a cowboy movie is and this challenges it. Robert Thompson
century church minds people survive twist
The church is not going to survive if they are going to tell people that they have to twist their minds into 1st century pretzels. John Shelby Spong