science

"My point is not to claim that science has told us everything important about the world, that there are no longer any mysteries yet to be discovered, or even that science can ever tell us everything we…"

"Huxley gave the death-blow not only to Owen's theory of the skull but also to Owen's hitherto unchallenged prestige."

"There is no such thing as science fiction, there is only science eventuality."

"By contrast to the thesis which sets science against ideology, another thesis is presented here contrasting that which sets science against ideology. It maintains that not only are the propositions of…"

"Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification — the art of discerning what we may with advantage omit."

"The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a “hypothesis,” but the word “hypothesis,” though euphonioous, dignified and high-sounding, is mer…"

"Use of better planetary parameters, the innovations in astronomical methods, and the concise style of exposition of Aryabhatiya makes it an excellent text book on Astronomy. As opposed to the geostati…"

"I am the conscience of the 21st Century."

"No conscience which is a palimpsest of the consciences of others is a safe guide."

"Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, we discovered, its enabling force. Transparency is the only antidote."

"I feel basic science is getting its due now. I used to say earlier that Dr Homi Bhabha should get this honour and also some other eminent researchers. Scientists work very, very had but rarely get rec…"

"There's something that remains barbarous in educated people, and lately I've more and more had the feeling that we are nonwondering primitives. And why is it that we no longer marvel at these technolo…"

"I think that science fiction, even the corniest of it, even the most outlandish of it, no matter how badly it's written, has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate…"

"If enough data points trouble the theory, the theory may be wrong. If the theory is basic, the paradigm may have to change."

"Before a science can develop principles, it must possess concepts. Before a law of gravitation could be formulated, it was necessary to have the notions of “acceleration” and “weight."

"Although there are other heresies in The General Theory, along with puzzles, opacities, loose ends, confusions, errors, exaggerations, and anachronisms galore, they do not detract from the book's rele…"

"Science, when applied to personal relationships, is always just wrong."

"Walt Disney at the Internet Movie Database"

"Science follows the evidence wherever it leads, but Darwinism does not. So the present controversy over evolution is not a war between science and religion. It is primarily a war between Darwinism and…"

"native theory and vocabulary recognized the real pervert who was incapable of normal heterosexual response."