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Science Quotes
"We've established a Washington State Academy of Sciences that will enable us to make decisions based on science about what is right for our state, meaning the quality of our lives will get better."
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"The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method."
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"We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect."
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"In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a "failed experiment." Any test that yields valid data is a valid test."
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"Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer."
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"In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations."
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"Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute."
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"However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science."
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"An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment."
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"The goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection."
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"There is no significant man-made Global Warming underway and the science on which the computer projections of weather chaos are based is badly flawed."
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"There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research."
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"Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year."
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"The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction."
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"Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena."
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"Monkeying around with other apes, a monkey was made - called, HUMAN. God is great!"
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"That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization."
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"Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response."
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"Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one."
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"It is the theory which decided what can be observed."
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"I would expect a significant development and elaboration of language in only a few generations if all the chimps unable to communicate were to die or fail to reproduce. Basic English corresponds to about 1,000 words. Chimpanzees are already accomplished in vocabularies exceeding 10 percent of that number."
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"If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole."
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"Why do we put up with it? Do we like to be criticized? No, no scientist enjoys it. Every scientist feels a proprietary affection for his or her ideas and findings. Even so, you don't reply to critics, Wait a minute; this is a really good idea; I'm very fond of it; it's done you no harm; please leave it alone. Instead, the hard but just rule is that if the ideas don't work, you must throw them away."
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