Scientific Research Quotes

“I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus.

There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period.”
― Michael Crichton

“I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that E=mc2. Nobody says the consensus is that the sun is 93 million miles away. It would never occur to anyone to speak that way.”
― Michael Crichton

“I agree with Dr. Makris. Does that mean I would let someone blow up my dead foot to help save the feet of NATO land mine clearers? It does. And would I let someone shoot my dead face with a nonlethal projectile to help prevent accidental fatalities? I suppose I would. What wouldn't I let someone do to my remains? I can think of only one experiment I know of that, were I a cadaver, I wouldn't want anything to do with. This particular experiment wasn't done in the name of science or education or safer cars or better-protected soldiers. It was done in the name of religion.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“Truth is not an apple, that you can devour in a few bites - truth is an onion, peel off one layer, plenty more to peel alright.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Science is the biggest rabbit hole of all.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Science is a way of sight, and nobody walks it better than the undoctrinated.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Shallow science fights spirituality, deep science becomes it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Humanities without sciences are helpless, sciences without humanities are lifeless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Science doesn't make someone a better person, if it did, no physicist would help develop nuclear weapons, or no biologist would help develop biological weapons.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Science and knowledge are two different things - knowledge is a celebration of facts, science is a celebration of life using facts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, L'humain Impossible: Cent Sonnets pour Ma Famille Mondiale

“My science is not rooted in cold logic venture, my science is rooted in human welfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“I can see no more reason for preferring the theories of fifty years ago than for preferring the observational data of fifty years ago.”
― Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900–1931 (Cambridge Science Classics)

“Knowledge behind Paywall
(Open Access Sonnet)

Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.

That's why huge chunks of my works,
are accessible freely to the world.
In fact, if I had no bills to pay,
would've given away my last miracle word!

Record of light is not proof of light,
Light must be proven by existence alone.
Over a third of my sonnets are available
free, including some of my most potent ones.

Light accessible only to select elites,
is not light, but filth uncivilized.
Paywall is a violation of knowledge,
it vilifies the sanctity of human light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Paywall is a violation of knowledge.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.

Light accessible only to select elites,
is not light, but filth uncivilized.
Paywall is a violation of knowledge,
it vilifies the sanctity of human light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Bringing a candle to a neighbor's
home who had their power cut off,
is far holier than lighting
a thousand candles in the church.

If you bring electricity to a marginalized
community with a simple solar power kit,
it's a far greater scientific achievement
than the gargantuan glories of the LHC.

There is no greater scientific achievement
than simple science solving big problems.
There is no greater holiness than trading
in the bible for a simple act of kindness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“If you bring electricity to a marginalized community with a simple solar power kit, it's a far greater scientific achievement than the gargantuan glories of the LHC.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“An experimenter’s own biases, expectations and intentions, whether expressed knowingly and outwardly, or even held subconsciously, are known to influence certain experiments. This effect is so well known that it has a name: the ‘observer-expectancy effect’ or ‘experimenter effect’ and has itself been a topic of research.”
― Jon Noble, Natural Remote Viewing

“Science and poetry are not so different after all. In science, the more you learn, the more you realize, how much you don't know. In poetry, the more you write, the more you realize, you got no clue, how you flow.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Scientific truth changes with data, spiritual truth changes with era, cultural truth changes with civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Scriptures don't bear holiness, Facts don't bear science. These are mere records of human experience - they can do good only if applied with conscience.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Religion has a fanaticism problem - center religion on metaphor, and problem solved. Science has a freezing problem - center science on service, and problem solved.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Science can produce vaccines or gas chambers, science can produce solar panels or greenhouse gases. I'm not a scientist, I'm a humanitarian scientist, science doesn't make me human, I make science human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Character Before Science (Sonnet 2905)

Science doesn't make someone a better person,
if it did, no physicist would help develop
nuclear weapons, or no biologist would
help develop biological weapons.

Science, like religion, follows the command of power,
given enough incentive 99% of the world's scientists
would gladly help wipe out half the world's population -
many have done exactly that in the past, and many continue
to do so in algorithm factories and defense industries.

Which is why, it means nothing to be a scientist,
what's needed is that a good person becomes scientist,
otherwise a scientist is of as much use to the world
as a politician, just like faith is only
as good as the person practicing it.

Quality of a person does not depend on faith,
but quality of faith depends on the person.
Character of a scientist does not depend on science,
but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Character of a scientist does not depend on science, but character of science depends on the scientist.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Science can produce vaccines or gas chambers.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Science doesn't make someone a better person, if it did, no physicist would help develop nuclear weapons, or no biologist would help develop biological weapons. Science, like religion, follows the command of power, given enough incentive 99% of the world's scientists would gladly help wipe out half the world's population. Which is why, what's needed is that a good person becomes scientist, otherwise a scientist is of as much use to the world as a politician.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“Anybody can inspire the youth to become scientists, any trustfund white guy or even chatgpt can do that, the point of Naskar is to ignite Servant Scientists, because if a scientist does not burn with the fire of service, they are no better than religious fanatics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

“I want scientists with character, not just a militant mouth.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth