"Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah."

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"Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah."

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"The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"Time in itself, absolutely, does not exist; it is always relative to some observer or some object. Without a clock I say 'I do not know the time' . Without matter time itself is unknowable. Time is a function of matter; and matter therefore is the clock that makes infinity real."

John Fowles, English Novelist

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"Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily slavery and spiritual tedium."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assumptions in science and there's no way to get around that."

Sam Harris, American Author

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"Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"Much more plausible is the computer-based explanation that dreams are a spillover from the unconscious processing of the day's experience, from the brain's decision on how much of the daily events temporarily stored in a kind of buffer to emplace in long-term memory... The American psychiatrist Ernest Hartmann of Tufts University has providedanecdotal but reasonably persuasive evidence that people who are engaged in intellectual activities during the day, especially unfamiliar intellectual activities, require more sleep at night, while, by and large, those engaged in mainly repetitive and intellectually unchallenging tasks are able to do with much less sleep."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"Dark Energy is poorly understood and it is clear that we are currently moving into exploring thecomplete electromagnetic spectrum that also includes the study of atmospheric pressure waves,atmospheric voltage effects on the cellular system, and the biological effects of the various forms ofatmospheric radiation transmission."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed."

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"It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts."

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"The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

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"In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact."

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"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority."

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"The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it."

"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking."

"Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know."

"The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions."

"Time in itself, absolutely, does not exist; it is always relative to some observer or some object. Without a clock I say 'I do not know the time' . Without matter time itself is unknowable. Time is a function of matter; and matter therefore is the clock that makes infinity real."

"Men of science offer us health, an obvious benefit; it is only afterwards that we discover that by health, they mean bodily slavery and spiritual tedium."

"I don't think there's an interesting boundary between philosophy and science. Science is totally beholden to philosophy. There are philosophical assumptions in science and there's no way to get around that."

"Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns."

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"The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed."

"It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts."

"The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

"Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors."

"Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed."

"Learn what is true in order to do what is right."

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"In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact."

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"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority."