Quote by Charles Darwin
False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for t

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. – Charles Darwin

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In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. – Charles Darwin

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What a book a devils chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! – Charles Darwin

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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. – Charles Darwin

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The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture. – Elbert Hubbard

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I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of ones contributions to computer science. – Donald Knuth

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Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems. – Rene Descartes

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It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural. – Michael Behe

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One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget. – Franklin P. Jones

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Its sad that, in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers – Source Unknown

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The statesmans duty is to bridge the gap between his nations experience and his vision. – Henry A. Kissinger

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