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Vladyslava
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“We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt. Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty—some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.”
― 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character
― 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?': Further Adventures of a Curious Character
“Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty -- some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.”
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“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.”
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“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing — that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.”
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
― "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
“The only way to have real success in science, the field I'm familiar with, is to describe the evidence very carefully without regard to the way you feel it should be. If you have a theory, you must try to explain what's good and what's bad about it equally. In science, you learn a kind of standard integrity and honesty.”
― What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
― What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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