#search

If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#assumption #become #concrete #direction #experience

It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached. ↗

— Imre Lakatos

#been #before #degeneration #everybody #exhausted

The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever. ↗

— Imre Lakatos

#ever #example #gravitational #most #newton

When we made that album with Gary Moore, I was still kind of searching for the right direction for myself. Although the music is quite good the direction was like a box of fireworks that caught light all at the same time. ↗

— Greg Lake

#although #box #caught #direction #fireworks

Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#empire #ethically #faith #give #immortality

For me, the martial arts is a search for something inside. It's not just a physical discipline. ↗

— Brandon Lee

#discipline #inside #just #martial #martial arts

One way to think about the magnitude of the changes to come is to think about how you went about your business before powerful Web search engines. You probably wouldn't have imagined that a world of answers would be available to you in under a second. The next set of advances will have an different effect, but similar in magnitude. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#advances #answers #available #before #business

Molecular collision dynamics has been a wonderful area of research for all practitioners. This is especially true for those who were following the footsteps of pioneers and leaders of the field twenty years ago. ↗

— Yuan T. Lee

#area #been #collision #dynamics #especially

Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. ↗

— Michel Legrand

#here #how #i #i think #melody

Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself! ↗

— Alan Lewis

#because #believe #coaches #crucial #game