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Famous Quotes

"The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science."
Paul Davies on Science

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein on Science
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
Martin Luther King, Jr. on Science
"Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control."
Martin Luther King, Jr. on Science
"No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right a single experiment can prove me wrong."
Albert Einstein on Science
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Science

"The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere complex chemistry. Therefore chemistry alone will not explain life's origin, any more than a study of silicon, copper and plastic will explain how a computer can execute a program."
"Perhaps the best motivation for going to Mars is political. It is obvious that no single nation currently has either the will or the resources to do it alone, but a consortium of nations and space agencies could achieve it within 20 years."
"Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could be confident that life is a truly cosmic phenomenon. If so, there may well be sentient beings somewhere in the galaxy wondering, as do we, if they are not alone in the universe."
"Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light."
"Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term 'doubting Thomas' well illustrates the difference."