#owl

Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know. ↗

— Ted Chiang

#knowledge #science-fiction #sf #writing #nature

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#belongs #country #humanity #illuminates #knowledge

Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing). ↗

— Bill Gaede

#extinction #gaede #hypothesis #knowledge #prediction

Neglect of mathematics work injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or things of this world. And what is worst, those who are thus ignorant are unable to perceive their own ignorance, and so do not seek a remedy. ↗

— Roger Bacon

#mathematics #sciences #science

I have studied him (Muhammad PBUH) - the wonderful man and in my opinion for from being an anti-Christ, he must be called the Savior of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it much needed peace and happiness. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#islam #knowledge #muhammad #truth #christ

The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#eoin-colfer #evolution #science #science

I was drawn to horses as if they were magnets. It was in my blood. I must have inherited from my grandfather a genetic proclivity toward the equine species. Perhaps there's a quirk in the DNA that makes horse people different from everyone else, that instantly divides humanity into those who love horses and the others, who simply don't know. ↗

— Allan J. Hamilton

#differences #dna #genetics #horses #humanity

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#knowledge #rationalism #science #self-delusion #science

Ilmu terbaik adalah yang diamalkan. Waktu terbaik, yang dioptimalkan. Cinta terbaik, yang dihalalkan. Harta terbaik, yang disedekahkan. Manusia terbaik, yang bermanfaat bagi manusia lain. ↗

— Ahmad Rifa'i Rif'an

#life #love #religious #life

I believe in knowing who you are but without limiting yourself to your own expectation of who you are. ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#find-your-passion #find-yourself #growing-up #knowing-who-you-are #learning