August 2010
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No matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not...
– in The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1934), Ch. 1 “A Survey of Some Fundamental Problems”, Section I: The Problem of Induction, by Karl Popper.
Sir Karl Raimund Popper (1902-1994), Austrian-British philosopher.
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The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.
– Cosmos (1980), by Carl Sagan.
Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996)
Perhaps my favorite scientist ever.
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Il est dangereux d’avoir raison dans des choses où des hommes accrédités ont...
– François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) aka Voltaire, French writer, deist and philosopher.
Translation: “It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.”
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