"My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together."

Science, Knowledge, Being, Training

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"My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together."

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"Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Things remain paranormal, as long as we scientists don't reveal the underlying physical processes."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Science, Truth, Wisdom, Life

"If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Science, Curiosity, Cat, Exploration

"The disruption of science is one which abandons the method and seeks to conquer grounds outside its territory. It is not at all religion but this pseudo-science that is the enemy of science."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"You can't understand depth of science, unless you challenge the published scientific data."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

Science, Understanding, Knowledge, Depth

"The important concept of the solar wind is that Space is not empty. It is an energy and particle filled environment that interacts with whatever is in it! Astronomers call this 'Dark Energy'."

Steven Magee, British Author

Science, Space, Energy, Astronomy

"You can put the human mind and body into strange states through the use of alien environments."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"The vitamin, mineral, metal and oil content of the human body drastically alters its reactivity to radiation exposures."

Steven Magee, British Author

Science, Health, Truth, Knowledge

"Perhaps a physicist would know at once why this whole idea was absurd. But then, perhaps a physicist would be so locked into the consensus of his scientific community that it would be harder for him to accept an idea that transformed the meaning of everything he knew. Even if it were true."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Science, Physics, Innovation, Truth

"Mathematics possesses not only truth but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere like that of a sculpture."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it was a perversion of science."

Science, Destruction, End, Military

"My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together."

Science, Knowledge, Being, Training

"People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say that's completely opposite of the truth."

Life, Romance, Truth, People

"A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation."

People, Creation, Earth, Ego

"This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life."

Home, Life, Proof, Rest

"All of science to me, everything that we have learned, is important to the extent that it brings us to our senses."

Science, Senses

"Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War."

Motivational, Time, War, Motivation

"In 1974, I first met Carl. I was 25 years old. I am 51 now."

Personal, First, Now, Old, Years

"I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science."

Science, Technology, Civilization, Culture

"I guess I so desperately want to see us put this planet right. It's so horrifying to me that a fifth of us are starving every night, and that forty thousand children die every single day."

Family, Children, Day, Night, Right