#scienc

It is a curious thought that the earliest description of the steam-engine in antiquity describes its use for the magic opening of the temple doors, when the priests lit the fires on the altars, to deceive the populace into ascribing to a deity what was the work of the engineer. In much the same way today, the almost boundless fecundity of the creative scientific discoveries and inventions of the age are being appropriated for the purpose of the mysterious opening of doors into the holy of holies of the temples of mammon by a hierarchy of imposters and humbugs, whom it is the first task of a sane civilization to expose and clear out. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#money #politics #science #technocracy #age

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

I am tired of all this sort of thing called science here... We have spent millions in that sort of thing for the last few years, and it is time it should be stopped. ↗

— Simon Cameron

#called #few #here #i #i am

I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it. ↗

— Robert M. Sapolsky

#science #art

The problem is that no ethical system has ever achieved consensus. Ethical systems are completely unlike mathematics or science. This is a source of concern. ↗

— Daniel Dennett

#completely #concern #consensus #ethical #ever

The time has come when advertising in some hands has reached the status of a science. ↗

— Claude C. Hopkins

#come #hands #reached #science #some

I really like being pregnant. Not that there aren't things I don't love, but when I think about what my body is doing - creating a child - it just blows my mind. I'm in awe of the process and science. ↗

— Emily Deschanel

#awe #being #being pregnant #blows #body

I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#boston #give #globe #i #i write

I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around. ↗

— David Eagleman

#adult life #approach #around #essentially #i

The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good. ↗

— Al Franken

#bit #business #get #good #had