Philosopy of Science
When Einstein, as a young patent clerk with no academic position published his Theory of Relativity, he was countered by a book titled 100 Authors Against Einstein. Einstein’s response to this, as he explained to a journalist, was: “If I were wrong, then one (author) would have been enough.”54
Patrick Moore • Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom
“Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.”
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Niels Bohr
―
Niels Bohr
A quote by Niels Bohr
The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.
Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom -
Isaac Asimov
Max Tegmark • Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence [Paperback] Tegmark,
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
Den O Rourke (@denbearorourke.bsky.social)
Richard Feynman sums up dialectical thinking:
“We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way we can find progress.”
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