History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
Ellsworth HuntingtonStichwörter: science history environment mankind geology migration
Scientific knowledge scarcely exists amongst the higher classes of society. The discussion in the Houses of Lords or of Commons, which arise on the occurrence of any subjects connected with science, sufficiently prove this fact…
Charles BabbageStichwörter: science politics knowledge literacy ignorance scientific-literacy scientific-knowledge
Time... is an essential requirement for effective research. An investigator may be given a palace to live in, a perfect laboratory to work in, he may be surrounded by all the conveniences money can provide; but if his time is taken from him he will remain sterile.
Walter Bradford CannonStichwörter: science money progress time investigation research sterile laboratory
In some strange way, any new fact or insight that I may have found has not seemed to me as a “discovery” of mine, but rather something that had always been there and that I had chanced to pick up.
Subrahmanyan ChandrasekharStichwörter: science knowledge lost strange fact information insight discovery found nobel-laureate scientist scientific-discovery
Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.
Edmund B. WilsonStichwörter: science biology history evolution darwin scientist dynasties american-scientist geneticist zoologist
Now I know what the atom looks like.
Ernest RutherfordStichwörter: wisdom science truth reality knowledge nature physics nobel-laureate atom
I came into the room, which was half dark, and presently spotted Lord Kelvin in the audience and realised that I was in for trouble at the last part of my speech dealing with the age of the earth, where my views conflicted with his. To my relief, Kelvin fell fast asleep, but as I came to the important point, I saw the old bird sit up, open an eye and cock a baleful glance at me! Then a sudden inspiration came, and I said Lord Kelvin had limited the age of the earth, provided no new source (of energy) was discovered. That prophetic utterance refers to what we are now considering tonight, radium! Behold! the old boy beamed upon me.
Ernest RutherfordStichwörter: humor science energy speech funny dating discovery views prophecy creationism nobel-laureate lord-kelvin age-of-earth age-of-the-earth new-source-of-energy radioactive-decay radiometric-dating radium
A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.
Christopher WrenStichwörter: science life prediction future universe aliens space astronomy planets galaxy extraterrestrials extraterrestrial-life alien-life extra-solar-planets
Toward the end of his book, Miller explains his need to unite science and religion: science does not explain the meaning and purpose of life. That may be, but why should we assume religion explains such things any better? Just because religion attempts to answer such questions does not mean its answers are correct. And such answers never seem to achieve any consensus. What is the meaning of life? Your answer is as good as mine--or just as bad.
G.M. JacksonStichwörter: science meaning-of-life explanations consensus science-and-religion
Miller believes, like many theists, that religion brings us beyond the bounds of materialism. (Ironically he insists on a material explanation [evolution] for our existence.) However, he fails to explain how religion does this. Will religion enable us to overcome Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle? Will the secrets of Miller's black box of quantum mechanics be revealed? Will chance and chaos be things of the past? If religion can't help us solve these mysteries, take us beyond the bounds of our material understanding, then Miller's belief is just so much wishful thinking. However, during one of his more coherent, non-blonde moments, Miller makes one of his strongest points: Science only concerns itself with the material universe, so we must look beyond science if we are to have morals. I can't say I disagree. However, morals don't have to come from an imaginary sky daddy. They could be rationally conceived and practiced to create an orderly society. And, why should science limit itself to the material universe? Morals can be tried and tested; bad morals can be weeded out while good morals are preserved. Such has already happened. Consider the fact that most parents no longer obey God's command to kill their children when they misbehave. Yet, those same parents abstain from stealing and adultery.
G.M. JacksonStichwörter: science morality ethics evolution materialism quantum-mechanics adultery stoning biblical-ethics biblical-morality heisenberg-uncertainty-principle imaginary-god religious-morality sky-daddy
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