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“The scientist is indistinguishable from the common man in his sense of evidence, except that the scientist is more careful.”

Book:The Ways of Paradox, and Other Essays

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The Ways of Paradox, and Other Essays

This book is a compilation of philosophical essays that delve into intricate concepts and paradoxes, offering readers a deep exploration of philosophical thought. more

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Willard Van Orman Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher known for his work in logic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language. He is considered one of the leading analytic philosophers of the 20th century. more

“The traditional boundaries between various fields of science are rapidly disappearing and what is more important science does not know any national borders. The scientists of the world are forming an invisible network with a very free flow of scientific information - a freedom accepted by the countries of the world irrespective of political systems or religions. ... Great care must be taken that the scientific network is utilized only for scientific purposes - if it gets involved in political questions it loses its special status and utility as a nonpolitical force for development.”

“There is no area of the world that should not be investigated by scientists. There will always remain some questions that have not been answered. In general, these are the questions that have not yet been posed.”

World Should Science Areas Scientist

Author:Linus Pauling

“Twice in my life I have spent two weary and scientifically profitless years seeking evidence to corroborate dearly loved hypotheses that later proved to be groundless; times such as these are hard for scientists-days of leaden gray skies bringing with them a miserable sense of oppression and inadequacy.”

Years Two Hard Science Sky Evidence Scientist Seeking Oppression Miserable Gray Weary Hypothesis Inadequacy Gray Skies

Book:Advice to a young scientist

Source: Advice to a young scientist

“[May] this civic and social landmark [the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center] ... be a constant reminder of the inspiring service that has been rendered to civilization by men and women of the Jewish faith. May [visitors] recall the long array of those who have been eminent in statecraft, in science, in literature, in art, in the professions, in business, in finance, in philanthropy and in the spiritual life of the world.”

“[Scientists] have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it however it may jar against their inclinations.”

Believe May Science Lying Duty Highest Evidence Scientist Inclination Jars

Book:The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley

Source: The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley

“Nulla (enim) res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio Nothing so much assists learning as writing down what we wish to remember.”

Writing Remember Science Wish Learning Ads Quantum

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“[Instead of collecting stamps, he collected dictionaries and encyclopaedias:] Because you can learn more from them.”

Science Learning Stamps Dictionary Collecting

Author:Linus Pauling

“A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. Index-hunter is a term used mockingly, meaning one who acquires superficial knowledge merely by consulting indexes. The '[holding] the eel of science by the tail' allusion was used in 1728 by Alexander Pope (q.v.).”

Science Used Term Learning Mere Acquire Tails Pope Superficial Hunters Consulting Allusion Eels Superficial Knowledge

Author:Tobias Smollett

“Learning is like mercury, one of the most powerful and excellent things in the world in skillful hands; in unskillful, the most mischievous.”

World Hands Science Powerful Learning Excellent Most Powerful Skillful Mercury Mischievous

Book:A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published

Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published

“The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made by short flights frequently repeated; the most lofty fabrics of science are formed by the continued accumulation of single propositions.”

Mind Littles Art Made Science Learning Flight Chiefs Fabric Propositions Accumulation Lofty Excursions

Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

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