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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. – Arthur C. Clarke

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But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods. – Ivan Pavlov

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Every discovery in science is a tacit criticism of things as they are. That is why the wise man is invariably called the fool. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes. – Jonathan Sacks

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I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since I was 11 or 12 I think, so I understand it and Im not at all surprised that readers of the genre might enjoy my books. – Jean M. Auel

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