“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.”
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“The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.”
“If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?”
“When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction.”
“It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.”
“Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.”
“I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.”
“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.”
“Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.”
“We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.”
“The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because the labor-time necessary to reproduce it has no relation at all to the labor-time required for its original production.”
“Almost everything that distinguishes the modern world from earlier centuries is attributable to science, which achieved its most spectacular triumphs in the seventeenth century.”
“Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.”
“Science in the modern world has many uses its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.”
“I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance.”
“The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.”
“The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.”
“Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.”
“The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.”
“Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know.”
“The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.”
“Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.”
“The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.”
“The method of political science is the interpretation of life its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.”