Scientist Quotes

There does seem to be a sense in which physics has gone beyond what human intuition can understand. We shouldn't be too surprised about that because we're evolved to understand things that move at a medium pace at a medium scale. We can't cope with the very tiny scale of quantum physics or the very large scale of relativity.
There is no refutation of Darwinian evolution in existence. If a refutation ever were to come about, it would come from a scientist, and not an idiot.
There is something cheap about magic that works just because it is magic.
There's a mystical strain in every country, and eclipses are likely to bring that out.
There's branches of science which I don't understand; for example, physics. It could be said, I suppose, that I have faith that physicists understand it better than I do.
There's clearly a lot of Ludditism, and you see it in all the hysteria about every scientific story.
To an honest judge, the alleged marriage between religion and science is a shallow, empty, spin-doctored sham.
To fill a world with religion, or religions of the Abrahamic kind, is like littering the streets with loaded guns. Do not be surprised if they are used.
To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
Tortoises can survive for weeks without food or water, easily long enough to float in the Humboldt Current from South America to the Galapagos Islands.
We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a very, very unusual species.
We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
We frequently look into the future of mankind and see dangers. We see if we carry on doing what we are doing in 20 years' time there will be no rainforests left, just to use one example. Looking into the future may be one of the reasons that brains evolved in the first place.
We have a huge amount of DNA in common with jellyfish.
We have the power to turn against our creators.
We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.
We should not live by Darwinian principles. But Darwin explains how we got here.
We should take astrology seriously. No, I don't mean we should believe in it. I am talking about fighting it seriously instead of humouring it as a piece of harmless fun.
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