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Living with what isn't settled.

These quotes explore uncertainty from a scientific angle - measurement limits and indeterminate values - alongside broader worry about institutions holding steady. It shares ground with Fear quotes.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Nov 07, 2020

Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence.

Quotes by Al Gore

One entry extends the idea to biology, describing organic wholes as carrying their own first-order uncertainty. See Change or Business quotes for related themes.

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