Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface. To go deeper, we must accept the fact that we don't know everything
We have written the equations of water flow. From experiment, we find a set of concepts and approximations to use to discuss the solution--vortex streets, turbulent wakes, boundary layers. When we hav...
We are children of chaos, and the deep structure of change is decay. At root, there is only corruption, and the unstemmable tide of chaos. Gone is purpose; all that is left is direction. This is the b...
Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover.
Philosophy lets you imagine the infinity, and Science makes you get there.
It isn't the sort of argument Pointsman relishes either. But he glances sharply at this young anarchist in his red scarf. Pavlov believed that the ideal, the end we all struggle toward in science, is...
Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
Things remain paranormal, as long as we scientists don't reveal the underlying physical processes.
Every true scientist is a philosopher, but not every philosopher is a scientist.
We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
Real science begins with curiosity and madness.
It's daft, locking us up, said Nanny. I'd have had us killed.That's because you're basically good, said Magrat. The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent m...
Experience, derived from scientific investigation, led to all the scientific literature in history. Likewise, experience, derived from religious transcendence, led to all the religious scriptures in h...
O progresso da ciência, tal como uma antiga trilha no deserto, está juncado pelos descolorados esqueletos de teorias rejeitadas, que um dia pareceram ter vida eterna.