Even if it is a vice to read science fiction, those who cannot understand the very temptation to that vice will not be likely to tell us anything of value about it.
Scientists are human—they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.
The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.
We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost.
Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have of yourself.
Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.'
In all the sciences except Psychology we deal with objects and their changes, and leave out of account as far as possible the mind which observes them.
It should now be clear why the method of Philosophy is so different from that of the natural sciences. Experiments are not made, because they would be utterly useless.
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.
Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper.
Is there any conflict between science and religion? There is no conflict in the mind of God, but often there is conflict in the minds of men.
Harmony, and not peace, is the key element for all countries to unite together. In science we can not prove peace, but we can prove what harmony is!
It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state...
When you view your world exclusively through the lens of science, your prescription will never be strong enough.
One of the great joys of science has to be turning a thought that surfaced one night over a few beers into a full-blown project.
work was so great that it cannot be compassed in a few words. death is one of the greatest losses ever to occur to British science. { .}
Here we are in the century of information, that is to say the unformed. Every kind of literature will be journalistic, with a science for ballast.
In the firmament of science Mayer and Joule constitute a double star, the light of each being in a certain sense complementary to that of the other.
I like the confusion you get between science and religion … that’s where belief lies and art as well.
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Certainly the primary imperative of a physician is to be skilled in medical science, but if he or she does not probe a patient's soul, then the doctor's care is given without caring, and part of the sacred mission of healing is missing.
