“Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.” TryingDoeHardNatureMankindHuman NatureDependsSucceedExperimentsHardshipSpectacularBest Nature Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of the Bon Dieu that we cannot read each others minds, twould stop civilization and everybody would take to the woods. In fifty or hundred thousand centuries when mankind have become perfect by evolution then perhaps this sense could be developed with safety to the state.” ThinkingMindStatesReadingPerfectCommonSuccessfulWiseMankindCenturyEvolutionCivilizationThousandHundredSafetyWoodsContraryExperimentsCommon SenseFiftyProvisionMind Reading Author:Thomas A. Edison
“Really, one of us ought to have the courage to call the experiment off and shoulder the responsibility for the decision, but the majority reckons that that kind of courage would be a sign of cowardice, and the first step in a retreat. They think it would mean an undignified surrender for mankind as if there was any dignity in floundering and drowning in what we don't understand and never will.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindMeanWould BeDecisionResponsibilityStepsMankindOughtDignityMajoritySurrenderExperimentsShouldersCowardiceFirst StepsRetreatDrowningFloundering Author:Stanislaw Lem
“Theres a tremendous amount of work building the apparatus, getting the experiment to work. But sitting there late at night in the lab, and knowing light is going at bicycle speed, and that nobody in the history of mankind has ever been here before - that is mind-boggling. Its worth everything.” MindLightNightKnowingMankindBuildingAmountLateSittingSpeedExperimentsBicycleLabsMind Boggling Author:Lene
“Nonviolence, applied to very large masses of mankind, is a new experiment in the history of the world.” MenWorldMankindMassExperimentsNonviolenceWorld History Author:Mahatma Gandhi