- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science Quotes
Science taken seriously, and occasionally not.
Most of these quotes come from people genuinely engaged with science, recalling museum trips that sparked early curiosity and admiring mathematics for tackling problems that actually have solutions. For quotes on scientific humor specifically, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Filtered
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything you see is filtered through your visual system (imperfect) and your brain (also imperfect, despite what your mom told you). Witness testimony is the worst kind of evidence in science.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the dinner table.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even doing historical revisionist fiction, whatever you want to call it - mash-ups, gimmick lit, absurdist fiction - I don't know if I want to do that anymore.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science.
- Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th, 18th, centuries today pretty much anybody who wants to do it can, and the information that they need to do it is there.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crack the science of loyalty at scale for local business, and that becomes something that can add a huge amount of value to an important sector of our economy.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science is one of the comparative advantages of our knowledge-based economy, and focusing on our prowess in providing better tools to address diseases of poverty is one of the best forms of foreign aid.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is hard to rationalise or explain why you love what you love. But I have always been interested in science and maths, and in high school I was struck that you could use maths to understand nature and science.
- Nov 07, 2020
Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Russian Federation and the United States of America, the two biggest nuclear powers in the world, but apart from nuclear-wise, we have a lot in common. We have huge territories, natural resources, technologies, science, education, and of course human capital.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with a world-class team of engineers to turn science fiction into reality.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we study learning as a data science, we can reverse engineer the human brain and tailor learning techniques to maximize the chances of student success. This is the biggest revolution that could happen in education, turning it into a data-driven science, and not such a medieval set of rumors professors tend to carry on.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.
- Century
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- Nov 07, 2020