“Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.” ResultsUnexpectedException Author:Plautus
“science has now been for a long time - and to an ever-increasing extent - a collective enterprise. Actually, new results are always, in fact, the work of specific individuals; but, save perhaps for rare exceptions, the value of any result depends on such a complex set of interrelations with past discoveries and possible future researches that even the mind of the inventor cannot embrace the whole.” MindLongWholeFactsPastScienceValuesIndividualResultsDependsLong TimeResearchDiscoveryEmbraceComplexesEnterpriseCollectivesExceptionInventor Book:The Simone Weil Reader Source: The Simone Weil Reader
“Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as no empirical law can ever be, philosophers have discovered that they are not absolutely novel - instead, they are tautological.” IfsMayLawRoomsResultsNovelMathematicsPhilosopherMathematicalException Author:Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
“It may seem like I'm overlooking a technical detail or a spec change, but at the end of the day I'm mostly going to be talking about the final result, with a few exceptions.” MayEndsSeemsResultsTalkingFinalsDetailsThe End Of The DayExceptionOverlookingSpecs Author:Marques Brownlee