#science

Faced with an exciting question, science tended to provide the dullest possible answer. ↗

— David Sedaris

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Science is a tool of Common Sense. When we insist that all valid information come from science or doctors, Common Sense becomes uncommon or lost forever. ↗

— Richard Diaz

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Most of us think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, but we are actually feeling creatures that think. ↗

— Jill Bolte Taylor

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We're living in science fiction, but we don't realize it. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#realize #science-fiction #science

The void is 'not-being,' and no part of 'what is' is a 'not-being,'; for what 'is' in the strict sense of the term is an absolute plenum. This plenum, however, is not 'one': on the contrary, it is a 'many' infinite in number and invisible owing to the minuteness of their bulk. ↗

— Aristotle

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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #mindfulness #science #self-help #science

Eve and the apple was the first great step in experimental science. ↗

— James Bridie

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The stars, they are as the sun. Each star. Every star. And those spheres- they are worlds, realms, each one different yet the same. ↗

— Steven Erikson

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A scientist shouldn't be asked to judge the economic and moral value of his work. All we should ask the scientist to do is find the truth and then not keep it from anyone. ↗

— Harmony Korine

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God knows what possessed me, but having that science book in my hand propelled me to immediate action. So I hit her with it. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#hit #ivy #josephine #science-book #science