“To escape the power of the unknown, to prove to yourself that you don't believe in it, you accept its spells. Like an avowed atheist who sees the Devil at night, you reason: He certainly doesn't exist; this is therefore an illusion, perhaps a result of indigestion. But the Devil is sure that he exists, and believes in his upside-down theology. What, then, will frighten him? You make the sign of the cross, and he vanishes in a puff of brimstone.” BelieveBookReasonNightLanguageResultsAcceptingProveIllusionDevilCrossesDon't BelieveAtheistTheologySpellsUpside DownPuffIndigestion Book:Foucault's Pendulum Source: Foucault's Pendulum
“Unlike mathematical theorems, scientific results can't be proved. They can only be tested again and again, until only a fool would not believe them. I cannot prove that electrons exist..........if you don't believe in them I have a high voltage cattle prod I'm willing to apply as an argument on their behalf. Electrons speak for themselves.” IfsBelieveSpeakResultsWillingFoolProveArgumentDon't BelieveMathematicalAgain And AgainTestedBehalfCattleTheoremsElectronsVoltage Author:Seth Lloyd
“I don't believe in hell. The idea that a supreme being would make hell is ridiculous. An eternity of pain that results in no learning, reformation or rebirth is a nauseating idea. It's one of the reasons I left Christianity. I simply could not accept that version of God.” BelieveIdeasReasonPainLeftResultsAcceptingChristianityHellEternityDon't BelieveRidiculousSupremeVersionsRebirthReformationSupreme Being Author:Anne Rice
“Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.” BelieveResultsTheoryDon't BelieveExperiments Author:Arthur Eddington