Sometimes I am a little unkind to all my many friends in education ... by saying that from the time it learns to talk every child makes a dreadful nuisance of itself by asking 'Why?'. To stop this nuisance society has invented a marvellous system called education which, for the majority of people, brings to an end their desire to ask that question. The few failures of this system are known as scientists.
[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate. - Hermann Bondi
[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate.
- Hermann Bondi
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did not in the least contest thi… - Hermann Bondi
What I remember most clearly was that when I put down a suggestion that seemed to me cogent and reasonable, Einstein did not in the least contest thi…
If you walk along the street you will encounter a number of scientific problems. Of these, about 80 per cent are insoluble, while 19½ per cent are tr… - Hermann Bondi
If you walk along the street you will encounter a number of scientific problems. Of these, about 80 per cent are insoluble, while 19½ per cent are tr…
The true contrast between science and religion is that science unites the world and makes it possible for people of widely differing backgrounds to w… - Hermann Bondi
The true contrast between science and religion is that science unites the world and makes it possible for people of widely differing backgrounds to w…
The scientist … must always be prepared to deal with the unknown. It is an essential part of science that you should be able to describe matters in a… - Hermann Bondi
The scientist … must always be prepared to deal with the unknown. It is an essential part of science that you should be able to describe matters in a…
A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you cover nothing. - Hermann Bondi
A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you cover nothing.
Sometimes I am a little unkind to all my many friends in education ... by saying that from the time it learns to talk every child makes a dreadful nu… - Hermann Bondi
Sometimes I am a little unkind to all my many friends in education ... by saying that from the time it learns to talk every child makes a dreadful nu…
All science is full of statements where you put your best face on your ignorance, where you say: ... we know awfully little about this, but more or l… - Hermann Bondi
All science is full of statements where you put your best face on your ignorance, where you say: ... we know awfully little about this, but more or l…
Time is that which is manufactured by clocks. - Hermann Bondi
Time is that which is manufactured by clocks.
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