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Thus, as far as he is a scientific man, as far as he knows anything, he is a materialist; outside his science, in spheres about which he knows nothing, he translates his ignorance into Greek and calls it agnosticism. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

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If you see an antimatter version of yourself running towards you, think twice before embracing. ↗

— J. Richard Gott III

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The ufo is nothing more than an assertion of herself by the Goddess into history, saying to science and paternalistically governed and driven organizations: You have gone far enough. We are going to turn the world upside down. Your science is going to be shown up for what it is, nothing more than a pleasant metaphor usefully extrapolated into the production of toys for healthy children. That's what science is good for. It is not some meta-theory at whose feet every point of view from astrology to acupressure to channeling need be laid to have the hand of science announce thumbs up or thumbs down. ↗

— Terence McKenna

#rationalism #science #scientism #ufo #western-culture

History repeats, but science reverberates. ↗

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Glendower: I can call the spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come, when you do call for them? ↗

— William Shakespeare

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In some sense, gravity does not exist; what moves the planets and the stars is the distortion of space and time. ↗

— Michio Kaku

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In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Take chances! Get messy! Make mistakes! ↗

— Joanna Cole

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I am not afraid of a person who knows 10000 kicks. But I am afraid of a person who knows one kick but practices it for 10000 times. ↗

— Bruce Lee

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Nobody dares to solve the problems-because the solution might contradict your philosophy, and for most people clinging to beliefs is more important than succeeding in the world. ↗

— Michael Crichton

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