#sci

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#facts #literature #science

The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the "hard" sciences so brilliantly successful. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#had #hard #i #kind #made

We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions. ↗

— Whitfield Diffie

#mathematics #problems #science #simple #solutions

To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind one's own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

#attempt #behind #directing #epistemological #eye

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#facts #great #great step #ignorant #knowledge

It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#cycle #deconstruct #fiction #i #part

Tarots tell different sides of the various personalities that exist in all of us. I find it fascinating how they combine names, images, and numbers. You don't need to be able to read them, or know their real meaning, to be charmed. ↗

— Domenico Dolce

#charmed #combine #different #different sides #exist

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change. ↗

— Kenneth Kaunda

#consciences #force #great #inability #leading

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement. ↗

— James H. Douglas

#contributes #discipline #family #fosters #good

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#feel #growth #made #organized #science