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"Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature."
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"Lashley also reported no apparent change in the general behavior of a rat when significant fractions-say 10 percent-of its brain were removed. But no one asked the rat of its opinion."
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"I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it."
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"I'm not really a science-fiction fan, I quite like the idea of getting away from the science-fiction side of it, for two episodes. It was lovely, it was a super story and great fun."
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"It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations."
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"But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates."
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"A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology."
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"We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners."
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"The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it."
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"The others would then fall silent and she would continue about doped gallium arsenide detectors, or the ethanol content of the galactic cloud W-3. The quantity of 200-proof alcohol in this single interstellar cloud was more than enough to maintain the present population of the Earth, if every adult were a dedicated alcoholic, for the age of the solar system. The tamada had appreciated the remark."
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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion."
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"You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage."
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"The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations."
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"Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature."
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"Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof."
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"Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee."
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"A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill."
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"There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugs - they are weak men. Only strong men are cured, and they cure themselves."
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"In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science."
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"I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five."
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"The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's."
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