Science is not formal logic-it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true that this is a gift which can hardly be taught, but its growth can be encouraged in those who already posses it.
I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error,… - Max Born
I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error,…
- Max Born
The belief in a single truth is the root cause for all evil in the world. - Max Born
The belief in a single truth is the root cause for all evil in the world.
There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced b… - Max Born
There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced b…
Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can b… - Max Born
Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can b…
The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world. - Max Born
The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.
Something which is against natural laws seems to me rather out of the question because it would be a depressive idea about God. It would make God sma… - Max Born
Something which is against natural laws seems to me rather out of the question because it would be a depressive idea about God. It would make God sma…
I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy. - Max Born
I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.
Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization. - Max Born
Science?is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.
We need to make a world in which fewer children are born, and in which we take better care of them. - Max Born
We need to make a world in which fewer children are born, and in which we take better care of them.
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