“Knowing he [Bob Serber] was going to the [first atom bomb] test, I asked him how he planned to deal with the danger of rattlesnakes. He said, 'I'll take along a bottle of whiskey.' … I ended by asking, 'What would you do about those possibilities [of what unknown phenomena might cause a nuclear explosion to propagate in the atmosphere]?' Bob replied, 'Take a second bottle of whiskey.'” FirstsSaidMightCausesDealsKnowingDangerPossibilityTestsAskingNuclearAtmosphereBombsBottlesAtomsBobExplosionsWhiskeyAtomic BombAtom BombRattlesnakes Author:Edward Teller
“The test of science is not whether you are reasonable—there would not be much of physics if that was the case—the test is whether it works. And the great point about Newton’s theory of gravitation was that it worked, that you could actually say something about the motion of the moon without knowing very much about the constitution of the Earth.” IfsEarthCasesKnowingTheoryMoonTestsConstitutionPhysicsReasonableNewtonGravitation Author:Hermann Bondi
“Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me” PeopleGuySleepKnowingToughTestsDown AndKnocked DownTough Guy Author:Keith Thurman
“The very essence of school is elitism. Schools exist to teach, to test, to rank hierarchically to promote the idea that knowing and understanding more is better than knowing and understanding less.” IdeasSchoolUnderstandingTeachKnowingTestsEssenceElitismKnowing And UnderstandingMore Is Better Book:In Defense of Elitism Source: In Defense of Elitism
“Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust in Him.” SufferingInterestKnowingPromiseTestsTrust In GodKnowing The Truth Author:Mark Dever