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science thinking goal
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Its goal is to find out how the world works, to seek what regularities there may be, to penetrate to the connections of things-from subatomic particles, which may be the constituents of all matter, to living organisms, the human social community, and thence to the cosmos as a whole. Carl Sagan
science fiction advantage
I find science so much more fascinating than science fiction. It also has the advantage of being true. Carl Sagan
science survivor kicking
When a honeybee dies it releases a death pheromone, a characteristic odour that signals the survivors to remove it from the hive. The corpse is promptly pushed and tugged out of the hive. The death pheromone is oleic acid. What happens if a live bee is dabbed with a drop of oleic acid? Then no matter how strapping and vigourous it might be, it is carried kicking and screaming out of the hive. Carl Sagan
science columbus usual
The usual rejoinder to someone who says 'They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Galileo' is to say 'But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown'. Carl Sagan
science thinking people
I'd like the [Cosmos] series to be so visually stimulating that somebody who isn't even interested in the concepts will just watch for the effects. And I'd like people who are prepared to do some thinking to be really stimulated. Carl Sagan
science perfect instruments
Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have. Carl Sagan
science interesting imperfection
There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the findings of the most revered among us. So Einstein is revered not just because he made so many fundamental contributions to science, but because he found an imperfection in the fundamental contribution of Isaac Newton. Carl Sagan
science way fool
Science is a way to not fool ourselves. Carl Sagan
science technology science-physics
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science Carl Sagan
statistics three problem
Zeno was concerned with three problems... These are the problem of the infinitesimal, the infinite, and continuity. Bertrand Russell
statistics underrated
He was one of the most underrated sires in Australia. His statistics tell the story. David Hayes
statistics buffalo united-states
The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo. Art Buchwald
statistics method holmes
You know my methods. Apply them. Arthur Conan Doyle
statistics assuming unlimited
If the consequences are the same it is always better to assume the more limited antecedent, since in things of nature the limited, as being better, is sure to be found, wherever possible, rather than the unlimited. Aristotle
statistics events should
Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.' Aristotle
statistics mathematical primaries
To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it. Aristotle
statistics guarantees virtue
Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue. Aldous Huxley
statistics i-can ifs
If I can't picture it, I can't understand it. Albert Einstein
experts goal rely seven
Our goal had been to find all seven people, but I have to rely on the experts to tell me when they have done all they can do. Mayor Baptiste
experts gas indication leak site thorough
Our gas experts on site that day conducted a thorough investigation on our system. Through these investigations, there was no indication that the leak was occurring outside. Erica Abbett
experts objective powers qualified
We need a panel of qualified experts that is knowledgeable and objective and has all the investigative and subpoena powers necessary, Kathleen Tierney
experts perceive knows
As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves. Carl Rogers
experts government help house officials refused seek white
I went to the government to seek help from our counterterrorism experts, ... The counterterrorism officials then in the White House refused to give us any help. Peter Goldmark
experts forecasts intense rethink saying storm
It is a significant hardening of the infrastructure. It is a recognition that - from everything the experts are saying - that the forecasts are for more intense storm seasons, (which) has made us rethink what we need to do. Mayco Villafana
experts great joy students year
It has been a great year so far. It's been a real joy to see how our students have benefited from these experts in their fields. Bill Collins
experts fda fields highly ludicrous qualified ties
It is ludicrous that the FDA could not find highly qualified experts in these fields who did not have ties to the manufacturer. Merrill Goozner
experts feels finishing goes last
It feels real good. We accomplished a lot. The so-called experts had us finishing last in the division. That goes to show how much they know. Amani Toomer