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“Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it must be thrown overboard. The fact that such an extraordinary opinion should be expressed in responsible scientific quarters is widely taken to be significant of the all-round unreliability of human knowledge. This indeed is a very serious situation.”

Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

“A spurious democracy has influenced both our research methods (I am sometimes tempted to define "validity" as part of the context of an experiment demanding so little in the way of esoteric gift that any number can play at it, provided they have taken a certain number of courses) and our research subjects (it would be deemed snobbish to investigate only the best people).”

Source: Selected essays from Individualism reconsidered

“I do not believe there is any one study that can be taken up that will broaden the imagination, that will be the source from which will spring more deep thinking and sincere research than the study of astronomy.”

Thinking Believe Science Imagination Study Taken Source Spring Research Astronomy Sincere Deep Thinking

Author:Gene Stratton-Porter

“My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.”

Taken Research Historical Library University Publishing Venture Involvement Harvard Historical Research Harvard University

Author:Robert Darnton

“It's taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I've done a lot of research and a lot of studying, i could have a long conversation, an academic conversation about that. I don't know. I just feel like I didn't mislead anybody; I didn't deceive anybody.”

Knows Life Feels Long Done Study Taken Conversation Research Academic Deceiving Mislead Long Conversations

Author:Rachel Dolezal

“The 'data' (given) of research are not so much given as taken out of a constantly elusive matrix of happenings. We should speak of capta rather than data.”

Should Speak Given Taken Happenings Research Data Elusive

Book:The Politics of Experience

Source: The Politics of Experience