The man of science is a poor philosopher.
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny…’
Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.
There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.
The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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