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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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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. – 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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I was a daydreamer, and there is a lot of history and geography and science I missed out on because I was in my head. And I regret that. – Gillian Anderson

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Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that mans actions are governed by the same tendency. – Rudolf Arnheim

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The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it. – Edward de Bono

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It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me. – Nicole Scherzinger

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