A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

Quote by Edward Teller

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Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.

Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we...

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we...

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it...

I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it...

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty....

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty....

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you...

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you...

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will...

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will...

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is...

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is...

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task...

Science which has become a great power in the last century, has analyzed everything divine...

Science which has become a great power in the last century, has analyzed everything divine...

The progress of science is the discovery at each step of a new order which...

The progress of science is the discovery at each step of a new order which...

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't

The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to...

The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to...

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood...

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood...

In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased;...

In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased;...

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

Mathematics is the queen of sciences and arithmetic is the queen of mathematics

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not...