“On any Tuesday morning, if asked, a good working scientist will tell you with some self-satisfaction that the affairs of his field are nicely in order, that things are finally looking clear and making sense, and all is well. But come back again on another Tuesday, and the roof may have just fallen in on his life's work.” IfsWellsMaySelfOrderMorningClearFieldsScientistAffairSatisfactionMake SenseFallenSkepticismRoofGood WorkBack AgainTuesdaySelf-satisfactionTuesday Morning Author:Lewis Thomas
“No matter how we may single out a complex from nature...its theoretical treatment will never prove to be ultimately conclusive... I believe that this process of deepening of theory has no limits.” BelieveMayMatterI BelieveProcessTheoryProveLimitsComplexesTreatmentSkepticismTheoretical Author:Albert Einstein
“A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.” MayReactionsRationalFollyExcessSkepticismIrrationalRivalsDegeneratesCredulity Author:William E. Gladstone