#scienc

Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swift's kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath. ↗

— Robert Lanza

#absurdly #all things #become #beneath #earth

Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#business

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it. ↗

— William Laud

#ambition #any #become #behold #cheek

And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones. ↗

— Max Born

#always #been #cases #continuity #happenings

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. ↗

— Wernher von Braun

#gravity #lick #overwhelming #paperwork #sometimes

It is my mood which decides the weather, it is my mood which brings the tiny changes to humankind. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#inspirational #science #change

The researchers found that nearly every change they made was followed by a temporary uptick in performance, even when it involved simply undoing a previous change. They concluded that the increases in worker productivity were not due to better lighting or better pay or longer breaks per se. They were just temporary improvements caused by a change in routine. ↗

— Hal Herzog

#psychology #science #change

The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#itself #made #most #science #scientists

Sport is an international phenomenon, like science or music. ↗

— Avery Brundage

#like #music #phenomenon #science

The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#decisions #democracy #economy #intelligence #literate