“It’s the very essence of science that its conclusions can change, that is, that its truths are not absolute. The intrinsic good sense of this is contained within the remark reportedly made by the eminent economist John Maynard Keynes, responding to the criticism that he had changed his position on monetary policy during the 1930s Depression: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”
― The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
― The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
“As many truths as men. Occasionally, I glimpse a truer Truth, hiding in imperfect simulacrums of itself, but as I approach, it bestirs itself & moves deeper into the thorny swamp of dissent.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.”
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
“unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.”
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
― The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
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