“The human race, whose intelligence dates back only a single tick of the astronomical clock, could hardly hope to understand so soon what it all means.” HumansMeanScienceRaceIntelligentClockHuman RaceTick Author:James Jeans
“Sciences usually advances by a succession of small steps, through a fog in which even the most keen-sighted explorer can seldom see more than a few paces ahead. Occasionally the fog lifts, an eminence is gained, and a wider stretch of territory can be surveyed-sometimes with startling results. A whole science may then seem to undergo a kaleidoscopic rearrangement, fragments of knowledge sometimes being found to fit together in a hitherto unsuspected manner. Sometimes the shock of readjustment may spread to other sciences; sometimes it may divert the whole current of human thought.” HumansMaySometimesWholeSeemsTogetherScienceFoundResultsStepsKnowledgeFitCurrentsSpreadLiftsShockTerritoryPaceFogFragmentsSuccessionExplorersHuman ThoughtSmall StepsEminence Author:James Jeans
“Kant, discussing the various modes of perception by which the human mind apprehends nature, concluded that it is specially prone to see nature through mathematical spectacles. Just as a man wearing blue spectacles would see only a blue world, so Kant thought that, with our mental bias, we tend to see only a mathematical world.” MenWorldMindHumansScienceNaturePerceptionMathematicsBlueVariousMathematicalHuman MindBiasDiscussingSpectacles Book:The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition] Source: The Mysterious Universe [New Revised Edition]
