But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. – Talcott Parsons
Einsteins results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge. – Imre Lakatos
In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained. – James H. Breasted
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. – Joseph Baretti, quoted by James Boswell, 1766 (commonly misattributed to Samuel
Capital isnt that important in business. Experience isnt that important. You can get both of these things. What is important is ideas. – Harvey S. Firestone
One could not have isolated this retrovirus without knowledge of other retroviruses, thats obvious. But I believe we have answered the criteria of isolation. – Luc Montagnier
