“According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes.”
Science is the long, slow process of replacing "I believe" with "I know." These quotes explore discovery, curiosity, the scientific method, and the awe that comes from understanding even a small piece of how the universe actually works.
“When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.”
“According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes.”
“The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of logic or science. Dennis Rodman is only one example.”
“There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it.”
“Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy but after a war it seems more like astrology.”
“Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.”
“Much of today's public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts.”
“I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey.”
“Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.”
“You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.”
“No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.”
“Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.”
“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.”
“Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.”
“Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement.”
“Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.”