I have made hundreds of dives in submersibles, with each dive holding the promise of seeing an organism or a behavior that no one has ever seen before. But I have always wondered about the animals and behaviors that we're not seeing because our bright lights and loud thrusters scare them away.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the curiosity and concerns of exploring the unknown and the impact of human presence on marine life.
Edith Widder's quote encapsulates the excitement of scientific exploration in the depths of the ocean, illustrating the dual nature of discovery. While every dive brings the potential for new observations of unique organisms and behaviors, it also raises poignant questions about what is missed due to human interference, highlighting the delicate balance between exploration and the preservation of natural habitats.
In practice
This quote can be used during a marine biology seminar to emphasize the importance of understanding oceanic ecosystems.
For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it. Why do the poets of the present not speak of it? What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent?
The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.
Economics profession, they've been - they've been confident in various formulas, but economics is not physics. The same formula that works in one decade doesn't work in the next. Economics is a difficult subject.
More than two decades after the birth of Louise Brown, and all the hysteria that surrounded her 'test tube' conception, we should know that institutions, not technologies, create dystopias. Artificially conceived children are everywhere, beloved by their parents, and they haven't radically altered our world.
Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the outspoken religious minority that is hampering efforts to develop this potentially valuable technology.
Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality.
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