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Francois Rabelais, Writer
“Science without conscience is the death of the soul.”
“Science without conscience is the death of the soul.”
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Ernest Rutherford, Physicist
“When we have found out how the nucleus of atoms are built-up we shall have found the greatest secret of all - except life. We shall have found the basis of everything - of the earth we walk on, of the air we breathe, of the sunshine, of our physical body itself, of everything in the world, however great or however small - except life.”
“When we have found out how the nucleus of atoms are built-up we shall have found the greatest secret of all - except life. We shall have found the basis of everything - of the earth we walk on, of the air we breathe, of the sunshine, of our physical body itself, of everything in the world, however great or however small - except life.”
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Miguel de Unamuno, Writer
“Science robs men of wisdom and usually converts them into phantom beings loaded up with facts.”
“Science robs men of wisdom and usually converts them into phantom beings loaded up with facts.”
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Alan Valentine, Historian
“Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.”
“Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.”
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Alexander Pope, Poet
“Nature, and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! And all was light.”
“Nature, and Nature’s laws lay hid in night:
God said, Let Newton be! And all was light.”
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jurist
“Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man’s upper chamber if he has common sense on the ground floor.”
David Sarnoff, Telecommunications Pioneer
“The final test of science is not whether its accomplishments add to our comfort, knowledge, and power, but whether it adds to our dignity as men, our sense of truth and beauty. It is a test science cannot pass alone.”
“Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man’s upper chamber if he has common sense on the ground floor.”
David Sarnoff, Telecommunications Pioneer
“The final test of science is not whether its accomplishments add to our comfort, knowledge, and power, but whether it adds to our dignity as men, our sense of truth and beauty. It is a test science cannot pass alone.”
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Mark Twain, Writer
“Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money from them.”
“Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money from them.”
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G.K. Chesterton, Writer
“One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.”
“To mix science up with philosophy is only to produce a philosophy that has lost all its ideal value and a science that has lost all its practical value. It is for my private physician to tell me whether this or that food will kill me. It is for my private philosopher to tell me whether I ought to be killed.”
“One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.”
“To mix science up with philosophy is only to produce a philosophy that has lost all its ideal value and a science that has lost all its practical value. It is for my private physician to tell me whether this or that food will kill me. It is for my private philosopher to tell me whether I ought to be killed.”
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Luis W. Alvarez, Physicist Nobel Prize
“There is no democracy in physics. We can’t say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.”
“There is no democracy in physics. We can’t say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.”
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Enrico Fermi, Physicist Nobel Prize
“The fact that no limits exist to the destructiveness of this weapon [the hydrogen bomb] makes its very existence and the knowledge of its construction a danger to humanity as a whole. It is necessarily an evil thing considered in any light. For these reasons, we believe it important for the President of the United States to tell the American public and the world what we think is wrong on fundamental ethical principles to initiate the development of such a weapon.”
“The fact that no limits exist to the destructiveness of this weapon [the hydrogen bomb] makes its very existence and the knowledge of its construction a danger to humanity as a whole. It is necessarily an evil thing considered in any light. For these reasons, we believe it important for the President of the United States to tell the American public and the world what we think is wrong on fundamental ethical principles to initiate the development of such a weapon.”
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Susumu Ohno, Geneticist
"Did the genome of our cave-dwelling predecessors contain a set or sets of genes which enable modern man to compose music of infinite complexity and write novels with profound meaning? …It looks as though the early Homo was already provided with the intellectual potential which was in great excess of what was needed to cope with the environment of his time.”
"Did the genome of our cave-dwelling predecessors contain a set or sets of genes which enable modern man to compose music of infinite complexity and write novels with profound meaning? …It looks as though the early Homo was already provided with the intellectual potential which was in great excess of what was needed to cope with the environment of his time.”
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Albert Einstein, Physicist
“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”
“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”
“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”
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Albert Einstein, Physicist
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.”
“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.”
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Isaac Asimov, Writer
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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Arthur C. Clarke, Writer
“I’m sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It’s just been too intelligent to come here.”
“I’m sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It’s just been too intelligent to come here.”
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Stephen Hawking, Physicist
“Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?”
“Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?”
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George Orwell, Writer
“For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?”
“For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then?”
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Nikola Tesla, Inventor
“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
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Bernard M. Baruch, Financier
“Millions saw the apple fall, Newton was the only one who asked why.”
“Millions saw the apple fall, Newton was the only one who asked why.”
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