Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions

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Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's...

Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's...

No observational problem will not be solved by more data.

No observational problem will not be solved by more data.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that...

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that...

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...

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason....

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason....

We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security....

We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security....

Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And...

Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And...

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Science keeps down the weed of superstition not by logic, but by rendering the mental...

Science keeps down the weed of superstition not by logic, but by rendering the mental...

In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage,...

In the battle that is philosophy all the techniques of war, including looting and camouflage,...

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the...

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the...

We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security....

We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security....

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

New discoveries in science will continue to create a thousand new frontiers for those who...

The science is in. The facts are there that we have created, man has, a...

The science is in. The facts are there that we have created, man has, a...

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that...

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that...

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.