Science Quotes

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"The marketplace of ideas requires that we test concepts through experimental verification, not mere speculation."
John B. Watson
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"The nervous system is the fundamental mechanism through which environment shapes behavior."
John B. Watson
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"Introspection leads us astray; measurement and observation alone reveal truth."
John B. Watson
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"The complexity of human behavior can be reduced to patterns of stimulus and response."
John B. Watson
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"The study of behavior must be objective, measurable, and free from the contamination of subjective interpretation."
John B. Watson
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"We must discard the notion of the soul and attend to the body's observable behaviors."
John B. Watson
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"The brain is an organ responsive to stimulation; consciousness is the illusion we create from these responses."
John B. Watson
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"The study of consciousness has been a red herring; the study of behavior is the true science."
John B. Watson
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"Psychological research must sometimes venture into uncomfortable terrain to illuminate human behavior."
Stanley Milgram
"The observer effect means we change systems simply by studying them."
Philip Zimbardo
"The observer must always question the systems they study and inhabit."
Philip Zimbardo
"Understanding ourselves requires studying the systems we inhabit."
Philip Zimbardo
"Understanding human behavior means examining situations more than individuals."
Philip Zimbardo
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"In the laboratory of life, we are both the experiment and the observer."
Solomon Asch
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"The laboratory reveals what we cannot see in the mirror: the power of suggestion over sight."
Solomon Asch
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"The experiment reveals not the nature of perception, but the nature of our need for certainty."
Solomon Asch
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"The experiment teaches us that we are far more suggestible than we admit."
Solomon Asch
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"The experiment is a mirror held up to society, and society does not like what it sees."
Solomon Asch
"The beauty of mathematics is that it reveals the mind of God."
Blaise Pascal
"The more I study mathematics, the more I see God's design."
Blaise Pascal
"The greatest discoveries come from asking the simplest questions."
Blaise Pascal
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"The stimulus-response mechanism is the foundation of all human behavior."
John B. Watson
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"We must study behavior, not consciousness, to understand the human mind."
John B. Watson
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"Observation without measurement is merely opinion, not science."
John B. Watson
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"The mind has no separate existence from the body."
John B. Watson
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"We cannot study the mind; we can only study behavior and its causes."
John B. Watson
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"The scientific understanding of behavior will eventually solve all social problems."
John B. Watson
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"The nervous system is the only mind that truly exists."
John B. Watson
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"The study of reflexes is the gateway to understanding all behavior."
John B. Watson
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"One of the most dangerous ideas is that the world must become more and more scientific."
Ludwig Wittgenstein