“Science starts with preconception, with the common culture, and with common sense. It moves on to observation, is marked by the discovery of paradox, and is then concerned with the correction of preconception. It moves then to use these corrections for the designing of further observation and for more refined experiment. And as it moves along this course the nature of the evidence and experience that nourish it becomes more and more unfamiliar; it is not just the language that is strange [to common culture].” UseMovingScienceCultureCoursesLanguageCommonDesignStrangeEvidenceDiscoveryConcernedExperimentsCommon SenseObservationParadoxRefinedUnfamiliarCorrectionsPreconceptionsCommon Culture Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer
“I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part of that self-discovery and how you define yourself.” ThinkingSelfKidsYoungCultureInfluenceDiscoveryPopsSelf DiscoveryPop CultureDefine YourselfPositive Influence Author:Terry Gross
“The general notions about human understanding...which are illustrated by discoveries in atomic physics are not in the nature of things wholly unfamiliar, wholly unheard of, or new. Even in our own culture, they have a history, and in Buddhist and Hindu thought a more considerable and central place. What we shall find is an exemplification, an encouragement, and a refinement of old wisdom.” HumansCultureUnderstandingDiscoveryEncouragementNotionPhysicsBuddhistUnfamiliarRefinementUnheardOld Wisdom Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer
“But don't think that it's a system or a culture or a state or a person that does the letting down. It's our expectations that let us down. It begins in the warmth of the womb and the discovery that it's cold outside. But it's not the cold's fault that it's cold.” ThinkingPersonsDoeStatesCultureColdExpectationsDiscoveryFaultsWarmthWombCold Outside Book:Earthly Powers Source: Earthly Powers