The Scientific Virtues
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The Scientific Virtues
The four cardinal virtues—prudence (wisdom), justice, temperance (self-control), and fortitude (courage)—were considered the essential qualities of any great man
The Death of the Gentleman
The method of science is doubt—to be skeptical and demand credible evidence. The engine of science is curiosity—to speculate and inquire in the service of discovery.
Gary Klein • Seeing What Others Don't: The remarkable ways we gain INSIGHTS
Wisdom, “the science of what ought or ought not to be done.” •Courage, “the science of what ought or ought not be tolerated.” •Justice, “the science of what ought and ought not be distributed.” •Moderation, “the science of what ought or ought not to be chosen.”
Matthew Van Natta • The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity
The scientific method—formulating a hypothesis and then testing it—is so deeply ingrained in our thinking that we find it hard to conceive that intelligent people would blindly trust authority and not put assumptions to the test.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
This is why science, as a mode of inquiry, is fundamentally antithetical to all monolithic intellectual systems. In a beautiful essay, Feynman (1999) talks about the hard-won "freedom to doubt." It was born of a long and brutal struggle, and is essential to a functioning democracy. Intellectuals have a solemn duty to doubt, and to teach doubt. Educ... See more
Joshua M Epstein • Why Model? | Santa Fe Institute
