It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it may be a far harder thing to extract laws over which it has no control.

Quote by Arthur Eddington

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It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall...

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall...

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light...

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light...

It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results...

It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results...

Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of...

Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of...

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all...

We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all...

Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line,...

Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line,...

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it...

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it...

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and...

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and...

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained...

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained...

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give...

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give...

Who will observe the observers?

Who will observe the observers?

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may...

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may...

The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.