Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: It gives them something to do.
Richard DawkinsRead
People make their own fates, and if enough of us make our fate to be space explorers, perhaps we can actually get some space exploration done.
Interpretation
Individuals have the power to shape their own destinies, especially in the context of space exploration.
In this quote, Robert Zubrin emphasizes the idea that collective human ambition can lead to significant achievements, particularly in the realm of space exploration. It suggests that when enough people share a dream of advancing into space, their collective efforts can turn that dream into reality, highlighting the importance of individual and communal determination in pursuing grand goals.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a speech at a science conference focusing on space exploration.
Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: It gives them something to do.
The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.
What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary.
I am not very sceptical, β a frame of mind which I believe to be injurious to the progress of science. A good deal of scepticism in a scientific man is advisable to avoid much loss of time, but I have met with not a few men, who, I feel sure, have often thus been deterred from experiment or observations, which would have proved directly or indirectly serviceable .
Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.
Science does not aim at establishing immutable truths and eternal dogmas; its aim is to approach the truth by successive approximations, without claiming that at any stage final and complete accuracy has been achieved.
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