“Thanks to the scientific method, most people in "developed" countries have an outlook of mild deism. We assume things like weather and disease operate according to fixed natural laws. Every so often, though, problems impinge on us so directly that we stretch beyond that mildly deistic stance and ask God to intervene. When a drought drags on too long, we pray for rain. When a young mother gets a diagnosis of cervical cancer, we solicit prayers for her healing. We beseech God as if trying to talk God into something God otherwise might not want to do.” PeopleIfsWantTryingLongCountryProblemMightLawYoungMotherAsksNaturalPrayerHealingPrayingDiseaseRainMethodAssumingCancerWeatherThanksFixedDragOutlookDiagnosisNatural LawStanceScientific MethodDroughtDeismDeveloped CountryYoung MotherCervical Cancer Author:Philip Yancey
“It is clear that these are alternative methods of co-ordinating production. Yet, having regard to the fact that, if production is regulated by price movements, production could be carried on without any organization at all might we ask, why is there any organization?” IfsFactsMightAsksClearMovementOrganizationRegardMethodProductionsAlternatives Author:Ronald Coase
“If you are hired to shake up the system, do it. No one will believe you're the boss until you do one or more of the following: 1. Add a new division; 2. Lop off a present department; 3. Add new people or reassign and reward present employees; 4. Get rid of deadwood; 5. Change the method of accounting; 6. Change lawyers, accountants, or other outside services; 7. Ask a lot of questions, and demand answers by a certain date; 8. Get in touch with key people in your industry or city and arrange personal meetings; 9. Improve working conditions; 10. Update present benefit plans.” PeopleIfsBelieveCertainAsksAnswersCitiesPlansConditionsKeysIndustryDemandBenefitsMethodAddMeetingsRewardsFollowingLawyerDepartmentShakesEmployeeBossDivisionAccountingAccountantsUpdatesWorking Conditions Author:Lois Wyse
“Ask a scientist what he conceives the scientific method to be and he will adopt an expression that is at once solemn and shifty-eyed: solemn, because he feels he ought to declare an opinion; shifty-eyed, because he is wondering how to conceal the fact that he has no opinion to declare.” FeelsFactsAsksWonderOpinionExpressionOughtScientistMethodSolemnScientific Method Book:Induction and intuition in scientific thought Source: Induction and intuition in scientific thought
“I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don't know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them.” PeopleIfsKnowsSongAsksPowerfulBehindsGeniusMethodSimplicityBobSongwritersMarley Author:Bruno Mars
“Our children learn the phonetic method, which is why they're very good spellers, I suppose. Because rather than ABC or just saying a word, they'll have to go a as in apple and all the other a's there are in the English language. They learn that when they're four. Children all over America can tell you that a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y are vowels. But you ask them about that "sometimes y," and they can't tell you.” ChildrenSometimesAmericaAsksLanguageFourOur ChildrenMethodVery GoodApplesEnglish LanguageJust SayingVowels Author:Marva Collins
“Today, I'd like to talk to Bob Marley. I'd just like to ask him what was his method. Bob is one of the greatest songwriters ever. I don't know if people understand how powerful his songs are and the simplicity and genius behind them, from 'Redemption Song' to 'Is This Love?' and 'I Shot the Sheriff.'” PeopleIfsKnowsTodaySongAsksPowerfulBehindsGeniusShotsMethodSimplicityRedemptionBobSongwritersSheriffsMarley Author:Bruno Mars
“If a mathematician wishes to disparage the work of one of his colleagues, say, A, the most effective method he finds for doing this is to ask where the results can be applied. The hard pressed man, with his back against the wall, finally unearths the researches of another mathematician B as the locus of the application of his own results. If next B is plagued with a similar question, he will refer to another mathematician C. After a few steps of this kind we find ourselves referred back to the researches of A, and in this way the chain closes.” IfsMenWayKindHardScienceNextAsksWishResultsStepsHard WorkWallResearchMethodChainsApplicationMathematicianColleaguesBack Against The Wall Author:Alfred Tarski
“Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature.” KnowsScienceAsksKnowledgeMethodArroganceArrogantExperimentationGaining Knowledge Author:Isaac Asimov
“The Americans, they always depend on a method what I call ... stupid, silly. All I ask is check yourself. Do not in fact repeat their lies.” FactsFunnyLyingAsksMilitaryStupidDependsMethodSillyChecksRepeatsSilly StupidCheck Yourself Author:Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
“The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use of the scientific method must in the end leave its impress upon him who uses it. ... A life spent in accordance with scientific teachings would be of a high order. It would practically conform to the teachings of the highest types of religion. The motives would be different, but so far as conduct is concerned the results would be practically identical.” BelieveDifferentEndsUseWould BeScienceOrderAsksI BelieveResultsTeachingHonestyTypeHighestConcernedAccountsMethodFundamentalsConstantFavorsMotiveCharacteristicsImpressConformIdenticalScientific Method Author:Ira Remsen
“When the photographer Philippe Halsman said, 'Jump,' no one asked how high. People simply pushed off or leapt up to the extent that physical ability and personal decorum allowed. In that airborne instant Mr. Halsman clicked the shutter. He called his method jumpology. The idea of having people jump for the camera can seem like a gimmick, but it is telling that jumpology shares a few syllables with psychology. As Halsman, who died in 1979, said, 'When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping, and the mask falls, so that the real person appears.'” PeoplePersonsSaidIdeasRealSeemsFallAsksAbilityAttentionPsychologyShareDiedCamerasMethodPhotographerInstantMaskJumpingSyllablesReal PersonGimmicksShuttersDecorumAirbornePhysical Ability Author:Philippe Halsman
“I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.” MenWayWantShouldMeanAsksFatherResultsVisionOpinionDoubtCuttingMinesRegretFoolMethodSeekingConvinceFollowersFoundersEchoesJungleSeekersFanaticsFlocksFetishThelema Author:Aleister Crowley