#experimental

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#been #boot #both #conditioned #experimental

But, in the name of the experimental method and out of our poor knowledge, are we really entitled to claim that everything happens by chance, to the exclusion of all other possibilities? ↗

— Albert Claude

#claim #entitled #everything #exclusion #experimental

I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison. ↗

— James Cronin

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The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

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It's hard to get a film, you know, you need a very special film to be able to get that experimental. But, I would love to see that happen. I would love the opportunity to be more experimental than I am. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#am #experimental #film #get #happen

The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental. ↗

— Cynthia Weil

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I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique. ↗

— Edmund White

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The ability to do this so quickly was largely due to the enthusiastic and efficient services of Mr. C.E. Taylor, who did all the machine work in our shop for the first as well as the succeeding experimental machines. ↗

— Orville Wright

#did #due #efficient #enthusiastic #experimental

Hence, even in the domain of natural science the aid of the experimental method becomes indispensable whenever the problem set is the analysis of transient and impermanent phenomena, and not merely the observation of persistent and relatively constant objects. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

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