Science and Religion
156 aphorisms · 18 comments
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tiny.ag/bayzpj4i · ★★☆☆ Fair (198 ratings) · submitted 1997
Biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division.
tiny.ag/a8ytu9a2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (962 ratings) · submitted 1997 by Barry Cantor
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/btoy5umi · ★★☆☆ Fair (829 ratings) · submitted 1997
Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.
tiny.ag/qv5khfql · ★★☆☆ Fair (246 ratings) · submitted 1997
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
Werner von Braun, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/anqu4m95 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1012 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Erwin van Moll
The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.
Jorge Luis Borges, "The Theologians", in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/lwrzvsfo · ★★☆☆ Fair (216 ratings) · submitted 1997
A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
tiny.ag/4rgim10d · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
A single fact can spoil a good argument.
tiny.ag/qrtof0ik · ★★☆☆ Fair (169 ratings) · submitted 1997
A Christian is a man who feels repentance on Sunday for what he did on Saturday and is going to do on Monday.
tiny.ag/pbfz1bc0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (798 ratings) · submitted 1997
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion; rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
Gary Zukav, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/jd4gcyqf · ★★☆☆ Fair (171 ratings) · submitted 1997
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
tiny.ag/n7uywfhs · ★★☆☆ Fair (191 ratings) · submitted 1997
A student who changes the course of history is probably taking an exam.
tiny.ag/oxnkf52j · ★★☆☆ Fair (232 ratings) · submitted 1997
All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen or it won't.
tiny.ag/rdhwutp3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (194 ratings) · submitted 1997
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.
tiny.ag/e8syltpb · ★★☆☆ Fair (147 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
tiny.ag/uy8bic2x · ★★☆☆ Fair (485 ratings) · submitted 1997
I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
tiny.ag/ymrr2e7m · ★★☆☆ Fair (211 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every dogma must have its day.
tiny.ag/e7pa2qtv · ★★☆☆ Fair (554 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/qswhxoon · ★★☆☆ Fair (169 ratings) · submitted 1997
The truth is more important than the facts.
tiny.ag/nuplbfta · ★★☆☆ Fair (279 ratings) · submitted 1997
The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.
Jean-Paul Kauffmann, in Science and Religion and Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/h2gnzjuo · ★★☆☆ Fair (56 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.
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