“Never ask questions with conditions attached, truth doesn't come with conditions applied, conditions don't come with truth applied.”
Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot
“For us, the men of science, nothing is as important as the establishment of differences; science is the art of differentiation. Discovering in every man that which distinguishes him from others is to know him.”
Source: Narcissus and Goldmund
“The emphasis in the theory is on conceptions of “self’ and “others”
because studies of adult dream content show that dreams reflect relatively
little about a person’s attitudes toward current events and politics (Hall,
1951).”
Source: The Scientific Study of Dreams
“Of course, ‘facts’ aren’t the point: what the scientific process gives you is the least wrong interpretation based on the best available data at the time. It’s all subject to modification, although the scale of the necessary modifications tends to shrink over time as any given hypothesis is tested in more and more varied ways.”
Source: The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
“The universe does not hide its mysteries from us; it tests our patience to discover them.”
“Related to this, the fourth theme of this book is that sometimes established science can be wrong, and it is necessary to keep an open mind that this is possible and seriously consider alternative points of view. Not doing so protects the interests of the scientific establishment but delays the advancement of science to the detriment of humanity. There have been many historical examples of this, but always at a given present it is considered that that is a thing of the past, not of that moment, until after the fact.”
Source: La superconductividad bien entendida empieza con H: La superconductividad mal entendida también
“My head hurts because of the apple but at least gravity exist.”
Source: Diary: 6×9 size,100 pages
“She was beautiful, but not like those girls in magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn't beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful.”
Source: Butterflies and Bullshit
“The question is not whether biological systems contain information, but where that information comes from.”
Source: Beyond Chance: How Information, Complexity, and Beauty Challenge Evolutionary Theory
“Wonder is where science begins.”