“I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine—it always keeps the way beyond open—always gives life, thought, affection, the whole man, a chance to try over again after a mistake—after a wrong guess.”
― Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
― Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
“I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
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“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”
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“Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.”
― State of Fear
― State of Fear
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