“ Reasonableness is a matter of degree. Beliefs can be very reasonable (Japan exists), fairly reasonable (quarks exist), not unreasonable (there's intelligent life on other planets) or downright unreaso… Stephen Law
“ Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result of persistent trials and experiments often… Nikola Tesla
“ As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. Steven Pinker
“ We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible. Edmund Husserl
“ Philosophy ... is a science, and as such has no articles of faith; accordingly, in it nothing can be assumed as existing except what is either positively given empirically, or demonstrated through ind… Arthur Schopenhauer
“ Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring accurate knowledge of the natural and social world. This methodology is… Alan Sokal
“ I am a cuddly atheist... I am against creationism being taught in schools because there is empirical evidence that it is a silly notion... I am passionately concerned about the rise in pseudo-science;… Jim Al-Khalili
“ With increasing distance, our knowledge fades, and fades rapidly. Eventually, we reach the dim boundary—the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly erro… Edwin Powell Hubble
“ God loves atheists. The former ones make the most compelling theists because they're so empirically familiar with how atheists think. Criss Jami
“ Empirical proof doesn't drive progress. Progress is driven by curiosity, something we all have built into us. Empirical proof is a safety net for those uncomfortable with the unknown. Athan Fletcher
