We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
Things remain paranormal, as long as we scientists don't reveal the underlying physical processes.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Philosophy lets you imagine the infinity, and Science makes you get there.
Even though it is common knowledge in our field of Neuroscience, I take immense pleasure every time I realize that our perception of the whole universe emerges from the activity of the little specks o...
Dare to contradict the scientist, not because of your scripture, but because of your own rational thinking.
Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.
Real science begins with curiosity and madness.
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...
Every true scientist is a philosopher, but not every philosopher is a scientist.
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