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Albert EinsteinSince the mathematicians invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself anymore.
Albert Einstein
(1879 - 1955)
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.
Albert Einstein
(1879 - 1955)
The whole of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking.
Albert Einstein
(1879 - 1955)
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
- (physicist)
Ashley MontagueScience has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.
Bertrand Russell
(1872 - 1970)
Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.
Doug LarsonA lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
H. L. Mencken
(1880 - 1956)
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
H. L. Mencken
(1880 - 1956)
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.
Isaac Asimov
(1920 - 1992)
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
Mark Twain
(1835 - 1910)
There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
Oscar Wilde
(1854 - 1900)
Conscience and cowardice are really the same thing. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm.
PogoHe: Let's end it all, bequeathin' our brains to science. She: What?!? Science got enough trouble with their OWN brains.
Richard Feynman1. We never are definitely right, we can only be sure we are wrong. (p. 152) 2. We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress. (p. 152) 3. You cannot prove a vague theory wrong. (p. 152) 4. The problem is not just to say something might be wrong; but to replace it by something – and that is not so easy. (p. 155) 5. Science is only useful if it tells you about some experiment that has not been done; it is no good if it only tells you what just went on. (p. 158) 6. It is not unscientific to make a guess, although many people who are not in science think it is. (p. 159) It is scientific only to say what is more likely and what less likely, and not to be proving all the time the possible and impossible.
- (Physicist and father of the Thermonuclear bomb)
Richard Feynmann
(1918 - 1988)
Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it.
Steven WrightMy theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted
Steven WrightA clear conscience is a sign of a bad memory.
Steven Wright
(1955 - )
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
Wernher von BraunI find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe, as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.
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