Sunday, July 11, 2010

A Theory Killed by an Ugly Fact

one. ugly. monkey.Image by chris.corwin via Flickr

Scientists are men who prolong life so we can have time to pay for the gadgets they invent. – anonymous



The man of science does not discover in order to know; he wants to know in order to discover. – Alfred North Whitehead



Science has not found a substitute for God. – Henry Drummond



Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory is killed by an ugly fact. – Thomas H. Huxley



Look at those cows and remember that the greatest scientists in the world have never discovered how to make grass into milk. – Michael Pupin



A good scientific theory should be explicable to a barmaid. – Ernest Rutherford



Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. – Thomas Henry Huxley

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