“A proof is that which convinces a reasonable man; a rigorous proof is that which convinces an unreasonable man.” Quote by Mark Kac
“Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.” BelieveResultsTheoryDon't BelieveExperiments Author:Arthur Eddington
“Consciousness is a fascinating but elusive phenomenon: it is impossible to specify what it is, what it does, or why it evolved. Nothing worth reading has been written on it.” DoeHas BeensReadingConsciousnessImpossibleWrittenFascinatingPhenomenonElusiveWorth Reading Author:Stuart Sutherland
“...By a 'silly' theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but which only an inmate of a lunatic asylum would think of carrying into daily life. ... It must not be supposed that the men who maintain these theories and beliefs are 'silly' people. Only very acute and learned men could have thought of anything so odd or defended anything so preposterous against the continual protests of common sense.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingMayMeanBeliefCommonTalkingHe ManTheorySillyCommon SenseOddProtestDaily LifeLunaticAsylumsInmatesLunatic AsylumsSilly People Author:C. D. Broad
“Analysis and synthesis are both as necessary to the thinking spirit as inspiration and expiration to the organism.” ThinkingInspirationSpiritAnalysisOrganismsSynthesis Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one.” MenNeedsYearsMillionsSpeciesDozen Author:Victor Blanchard Scheffer
“There may be babblers, wholly ignorant of mathematics, who dare to condemn my hypothesis, upon the authority of some part of the Bible twisted to suit their purpose. I value them not, and scorn their unfounded judgment.” MayPurposeValuesAuthorityJudgmentMathematicsDareIgnorantSuitsHypothesisTwistedScorn Author:Nicolaus Copernicus
“By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.” MeanGrowsDecay Author:Aristotle
“Outstanding examples of genius - a Mozart, a Shakespeare, or a Carl Friedrich Gauss - are markers on the path along which our species appears destined to tread.” PathExampleGeniusSpeciesDestinedOutstandingMarkers Author:Fred Hoyle
“It does not help that some politicians and journalists assume the public is interested only in those aspects of science that promise immediate practical applications to technology or medicine.” DoeHelpingTechnologyPoliticianPromiseAspectMedicineAssumingPracticalsJournalistApplication Author:Steven Weinberg
“Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics.” Imagination Author:John B. S. Haldane