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Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or bad — but it does not carry instructions on how to use it.
The Value of Science (1955)
The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.
The Value of Science (1955)
If we take everything into account — not only what the ancients knew, but all of what we know today that they didn't know — then I think that we must frankly admit that we do not know.
The Value of Science (1955)
I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy — and when he talks about a nonscientific matter, he will sound as naive as anyone untrained in the matter.
The Value of Science (1955)
If we suppress all discussion, all criticism, proclaiming "This is the answer, my friends; man is saved!" we will doom humanity for a long time to the chains of authority, confined to the limits of our present imagination. It has been done so many times before.
The Value of Science (1955)
Deep in the sea
all molecules repeat
the patterns of one another
till complex new ones are formed.
They make others like themselves
and a new dance starts. Growing in size and complexity
living things
masses of atoms
DNA, protein
dancing a pattern ever more intricate.
The Value of Science (1955)
Is no one inspired by our present picture of the universe? This value of science remains unsung by singers, you are reduced to hearing not a song or poem, but an evening lecture about it. This is not yet a scientific age.
The Value of Science (1955)