Science and Religion
156 aphorisms · 18 comments
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tiny.ag/f7dpm5bc · ★★☆☆ Fair (391 ratings) · submitted 1997
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
tiny.ag/ocxoq7dr · ★★☆☆ Fair (516 ratings) · submitted 1997
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
tiny.ag/t9fdfjzr · ★★☆☆ Fair (234 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.
tiny.ag/h2gnzjuo · ★★☆☆ Fair (56 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beware of the man who won't be bothered with details.
tiny.ag/hrewibls · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · submitted 1997
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
tiny.ag/kvgolwyi · ★★☆☆ Fair (278 ratings) · submitted 1998
The danger today is not so much that machines will learn to think and feel but that men will cease to do so.
tiny.ag/kbrvjlvy · ★★☆☆ Fair (70 ratings) · submitted 1997
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
tiny.ag/cxkiivxs · ★★☆☆ Fair (399 ratings) · submitted 1997
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/n8mifyz3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 1997
The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time.
tiny.ag/m6pcdljo · ★★☆☆ Fair (1098 ratings) · submitted 1999
In prayer, it is better to have a heart without words than words without heart.
tiny.ag/nslm4fyi · ★★☆☆ Fair (132 ratings) · submitted 1997
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
tiny.ag/a0oxkbo4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (380 ratings) · submitted 1997
I think, therefore I am.
tiny.ag/f0cqgbjg · ★★☆☆ Fair (325 ratings) · submitted 1997
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
tiny.ag/eoc1jiyu · ★★☆☆ Fair (591 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.
tiny.ag/8acgevbd · ★★☆☆ Fair (118 ratings) · submitted 1997
I predict that exact reproduction through cloning will not become popular. Too many people already find it difficult to live with themselves.
tiny.ag/fxwtpzmn · ★★☆☆ Fair (442 ratings) · submitted 1997
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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