#scientific

The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference point and a benchmark, a point of common discussion and an issue of universal scientific interest. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

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The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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What I've learned is there's a scientifically proven phenomenon that's attached to gratitude, and that if you consciously take note of what is good in your life, quantifiable benefits happen. ↗

— Deborah Norville

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Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history. ↗

— David Douglass

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We obviously want to produce things that people want. We are going to continue to do that in an environmentally responsible way, while still being aware of the physical, scientific, and practical issues that we have to deal with. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#being #continue #deal #environmentally #going

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#chaos #contrived #foothold #living #phenomena

At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conduct #conscious #destiny #fully #hinge

Scientific research is one of the most exciting and rewarding of occupations. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

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There are also scientific problems with the concept that each of the creation days was a long period of time. ↗

— Walter Lang

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