#science

All killer whales are named Kevin. You knew that, right? ↗

— Christopher Moore

#science #humor

An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others. – ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#new-thought #science-of-mind #education

In four months we could actually have an administration that believes in science. ↗

— Mark Warner

#global-warming #politics #science #values #science

There is one power in the Universe and we can all use it. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

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Science explained people, but could not understand them. ↗

— E.M. Forster

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Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. ↗

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

#philosophy #religion #science #death

I challenge you to find a more innocuous sentence containing the words sperm, suction, swallow, and any homophone of seaman. And then call me up on the homophone and read it to me. ↗

— Mary Roach

#humor #science #science

Upon surrendering with his rocket team to the Americans in 1945: "We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what nation, to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this brainchild of ours was a moral decision more than anything else. We wanted to see the world spared another conflict such as Germany had just been through, and we felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to the world be best secured. ↗

— Wernher von Braun

#science #space-race #wernher-von-braun #religion

It was here that the thaum, hitherto believed to be the smallest possible particle of magic, was succesfully demonstrated to be made up of /resons/ (Lit.: 'Thing-ies') or reality fragments. Currently research indicates that each reson is itself made up of a combination of at least five 'flavours', known as 'up', 'down', 'sideways', 'sex appeal' and 'peppermint'. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#quarks #science #science

We make versions, and true versions make worlds. ↗

— Nelson Goodman

#philosophy #philosophy-of-science #pragmatism #science