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“You can't define whole disciplines of science to agree with random constraints that you invented. Instead, the purpose of disciplines of science is to decide whether your assumptions about the Cosmos and other things are correct. If there is a disagreement between the best theory and your assumptions, it's your assumptions that are wrong according to science.”
Luboš Motl (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The necessary precondition for the birth of science as we know it is, it would seem, the diffusion through society of the belief that the universe is both rational and contingent. Such a belief is the presupposition of modern science and cannot by any conceivable argument be a product of science. One has to ask: Upon what is this belief founded?”
Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Foolishness to the Greeks. Eerdmans, 1986, 71.
“Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn’t been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.”
Björn Ulvaeus (born 1945) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Björn Ulvaeus Speaks on Humanism, 14 July 2006
“Science has always been in conflict with narratives. Judged by the yardstick of science, the majority of them prove to be fables. But to the extent that science does not restrict itself to stating useful regularities and seeks truth, it is obliged to legitimate the rules of its own game.”
Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science wants the fruits of science, and it does not tolerate much doubt about the goodness of those fruits. ... Scientists had a bad conscience about making the atom bomb, it’s fair to say, but their doubts were not prompted, still less endorsed by their science.”
Harvey Mansfield (born 1932) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn’t lie to you. It learned more.”
Brené Brown (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Philosophy is to be replaced by the logic of science -- that is to say, by the logical analysis of the concepts and sentences of the sciences, for the logic of science is nothing other than the logical syntax of the language of science.”
Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perhaps an underlying cause [of doubt as to the future of information science] is in some cases... the apprehension that information science may become “submerged” in the larger field of computer science.”
Brian Campbell Vickery (1918–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. xxviii; As cited in: Lyn Robinson and David Bawden (2011).
“You must learn how to marry and live a married life. That is true Home Science. Home is made by ma-ried people and children and the science deals with that subject. Please remember that Home Science is not preparation for a profession or a trade; but it is preparation for marriage.”
C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972) said by 1972 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rajagopalachari, quoted in: Shiri Ram Bakshi (1990) C. Rajagopalachari, p. 160
“The science of agriculture rests on experience; and nothing else should be required or expected from it but that which appertains to a practical science. The first principles arise from the perceptions of the senses; but if experience wholly and entirely flowed from these perceptions, the development would not be less the offspring of science and the work of the understanding.”
Albrecht Thaer (1752–1828) said by 1828 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not that science proves that the world is not moral. Science as such is not concerned with values, and proves nothing of the sort. Nevertheless, as a matter of history, it is science which has suggested this view to the modern mind by its insistence on mechanistic categories.”
Walter Terence Stace (1886–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is not the latest religion and scientists are not exalted priests. We have to think of science as a wonderful tool that is also dangerous. Using it requires responsibility. Science gives us vaccines one moment, nuclear warheads the next. It’s up to us to be wise tool users.”
Guy P. Harrison (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By contrast to the thesis which sets science against ideology, another thesis is presented here contrasting that which sets science against ideology. It maintains that not only are the propositions of science and ideology linked, in some cases they are even identical.”
Adam Schaff (1913–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science has often presented itself, intentionally or unintentionally as a "truer" or even the true way of talking about the world. In science classrooms, except for rare occasions, this is the way science is taught and presented. Not as a way of talking about the world, but as the way the world is.”
“The mystique of science is an essential tool for technocratic rule. Through it we are all taught that science, as the paradigm of all expert knowledge, has an objective, superior, and special truth that only the superintelligent few can understand. Science education, like it or not, does a great job in foisting these myths on most of us.”
“The field of science is unlimited; its material is endless, every group of natural phenomena, every phase of social life, every stage of past or present development is material for science. The unity of all science consists alone in its method, not in its material.”
Karl Pearson (1857–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes diseased at the core. Not only science, but man. The will to truth, pure and unadulterated, is among the essential conditions of his existence; if the standard is compromised he easily becomes a kind of tragic caricature of himself.”
Max Wertheimer (1880–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 19 (1961 edition)
“The science fiction stories are not for the promotion of science and are not only science stories; but stories.”
Media Kashigar (1956–2017) said by 2017 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science tells us that the earth is getting warmer and we are probably doing it. Science tells us that this is bad. Therefore, we want science.”
Marc Randazza (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The science behind climate change is not a hoax. The science behind COVID-19 is not partisan. And President-elect Joe Biden and I will not only listen to the science—we will invest in it and the next generation of scientists.”
Kamala Harris (born 1964) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter, (16 January 2021)
“Why should we be surprised at this when we know that, for Islam, religion and science have always been considered the twin sisters? From the very beginning Islam directed people to cultivate science; the application of this precept brought with it the prodigious strides in science taken during the great era of Islamic civilization, from which, before the Renaissance, the West itself benefited.”
Maurice Bucaille (1920–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science has many things to answer for that it is not guilty of. Many things are done in the name of "science" because those who do them are ashamed to acknowledge their real motives. Roosevelt shot monkeys and antelopes in Africa in the name of "science," but his real motives are known to have been much lower.”
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The task of science is to try to understand what are the laws that govern the universe, our life, our planets, without resorting to God. By resorting to God there is no longer any need for science. It's as if God were giving us crossword puzzles, after all, if they're not done, he explains everything. The task of science is precisely to do without God. Trying to understand with your own reason.”
Margherita Hack (1922–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To be sure, the intelligent design movement does not claim an animus against science. Science abusers never do. Rather, the movement seeks to redefine the very nature of science to serve its objectives.”
Chris Mooney (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As perhaps the chief public face of American science during this period, Carl Sagan wasn’t merely a popularizer but a fierce advocate for the proper use of science in the real world. During the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan necessarily became his chief foe, for Reagan brought anti-science into the American political mainstream as never before.”
Chris Mooney (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The attack on science is a prime secularist issue not because religion and science are incompatible but because particular forms of religious belief—those that claim to have found the one true answer to the origins and ultimate purpose of human life—are incompatible not only with science but with democracy.”
Susan Jacoby (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nyundo was the first science school for girls and we were the pioneers. When you offer science subjects, there are high chances for anyone to do any course. With my science background, I went on to attain a Bachelors Degree in Law at the National University of Rwanda”
Cyanzayire Aloysie (born 1964) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , Former Chief Justice and now Ombudsman’s dream profession as a teenager was to be an economist (20 February 2013)
“For me, mathematics is the simplest and most interesting subject that does not require cramming but understanding from basic principles. I guess the love for mathematics is natural for me. General Science was first introduced to my set at Fiwasaiye in 1966. I loved the physics portion of the general science so much and decided to convert to science from arts.”
Adenike Osofisan (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I did not know whether I would be in the culinary industry or be in marketing of foods. But as a General Science student at Wesley Girl’s High School, I discovered from my interaction with a nutritionist, that food could be studied as a science. So, I could better appreciate food because it goes beyond the aesthetics. There is science to it.”
Mavis Owureku-Asare first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Masahudu Ankiilu, Linking Research to Industry Is Never an Easy Task, But Dr Mavis Owureku-Asare Is Showing the Way, African Eye Report, November 20, 2020.
“We are not making science for science. We are making science for the benefit of humanity.”
Julie Makani (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Science is for the laboratory. Other men, who stand alone and face the elemental forces of nature, know that science as a shining, world-conquering hero, is a myth. Science lives in concrete structures full of bright factory toys, insulated from the earth's great forces. The priesthood of this new cult are seldom called upon to stand and face the onslaught.”
Hammond Innes (1913–1998) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Atlantic Fury (1962) ch. 2
“# A related trait of science is its destruction of idols, destruction of the gods men live by... Science has no absolute right or absolute justice... To live comfortably with science it is necessary to live with a dynamically changing system of concepts... it has a way of weakening old and respected bonds...”
Walter Orr Roberts (1915–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To determine what science will be in the future, we need a conception of what science is. I define science as "the systematic effort to understand .”
Gerald Feinberg (1933–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[A] man must be either conscientiously scientific in his approach or frankly speculative. What he must not do is present his speculative untested ideas in a manner and style of dogmatic certainty that they are not entitled to claim. This is being pseudo-scientific.”
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The most brilliant scientific discoveries will in time change and perhaps grow obsolete as new scientific manifestations emerge. But art is eternal, for it reveals the inner landscape, which is the soul of man.”
Martha Graham (1894–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After years of work in both areas of study, I concluded that the social sciences were different, in many important ways, from the natural sciences, but that the same scientific methods were applicable in both areas, and, indeed, that no very useful work could be done in either area except by scientific methods.”
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The next revolution in scientific discovery will depend on scientific interdependence.”
Robert J. Birgeneau (born 1942) first seen 1038 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A modern public university, Nature Materials 6, 465 - 467 (01 Jul 2007), doi: 10.1038/nmat1935, Commentary.
“Young people should be given good support and freedom in their research. They are the greatest source of scientific creativity because they are not as committed to existing scientific orthodoxy, and they have the energy and enthusiasm to push new ideas.”
Jerome Isaac Friedman (born 1930) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All scientific work is incomplete – whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, or to postpone the action that it appears to demand at a given time.”
Austin Bradford Hill (1897–1991) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation?,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 58 (1965), 295-300
“Mechanical knowledge may... be distinguished into three kinds; purely scientific knowledge, purely practical knowledge, and that intermediate kind of knowledge which relates to the application of scientific principles to practical purposes, and which arises from understanding the harmony of theory and practice.”
William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) said by 1872 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The objects of instruction in purely scientific mechanics and physics are, first, to produce in the student that improvement of the understanding which results from the cultivation of natural knowledge, and that elevation of mind which flows from the contemplation of the order of the universe; and secondly, if possible, to qualify him to become a scientific discoverer.”
William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) said by 1872 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is impossible to imagine a more dramatic and horrifying combination of scientific triumph with political and moral failure than has been shown to the world in the destruction of Hiroshima. From the scientific point of view, the atomic bomb embodies the results of a combination of genius and patience as remarkable as any in the history of mankind.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As a rule, begin my lectures on Scientific Method by telling my students that scientific method does not exist. ...having been ...the one and only professor of this non-existent subject within the British Commonwealth.”
Karl Popper (1902–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I assert (1) There is no method of discovering a scientific theory. (2) There is no method of ascertaining the truth [i.e., verification] of a scientific hypothesis... (3) There is no method of ascertaining whether a hypothesis is 'probable, in the sense of the probability calculus.”
Karl Popper (1902–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Q. You do not consider your statement a disloyal one? A. No, sir. Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty. Q. You are sure that your statement represents scientific truth? A. I am.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But he (Galileo) was not an idiot,... Only an idiot could believe that scientific truth needs martyrdom — that may be necessary in religion, but scientific results prove themselves in time.”
David Hilbert (1862–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hilbert (2nd edition, 1996) by Constance Reid, p. 92
“The penalty for scientific irrelevance is, of course, that the statistician's work is ignored by the scientific community.”
George E. P. Box (1919–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Scientific pursuit will never stop. It would be terrible if it would... If there were no more problems, one would... turn one's head off and... not work any more. Such tranquility is stagnation and... death in a scientific sense.”
Max Planck (1858–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He alienated his friends in the sciences by thanking them extravagantly for scientific advances he had read about in the recent newspapers and magazines, by assuring them, with a perfectly straight face, that life was getting better and better, thanks to scientific thinking.”
Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Study of the scientific world cannot prescribe the orientation of something which is excluded from the scientific world.”
Arthur Eddington (1882–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source