Science Quotes

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"Energy is the most fundamental aspect of the universe."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"The role of the observer in quantum mechanics has not yet been adequately understood."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"Science proceeds by means of trial and error, not by means of inspiration."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"Understanding nature is not the goal of physics; the goal is to develop a language to describe nature."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"The fundamental laws of physics are probabilistic, not deterministic."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"Science is the process of replacing incorrect intuitions with correct mathematics."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"The transition from one paradigm to another is not a cumulative process, but rather a relatively sudden and unstructured event."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"Scientific progress is not a smooth, continuous affair but involves discontinuous jumps."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"Science is a highly cumulative enterprise, yet not in the way typically portrayed."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"Scientific objectivity is not the absence of human perspective but the intersubjective agreement of the community."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"Scientists work not just with facts but with interpretations filtered through theory."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"The relationship between observation and theory is not one of pure logic."
Kuhn, Thomas
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"The act of observation is fundamental to understanding reality itself."
Everett, Hugh
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"To understand the universe, we must abandon our need for a single truth."
Everett, Hugh
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"We cannot separate the measurer from the measurement; we are part of what we observe."
Everett, Hugh
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"The universe reveals only what we are equipped to perceive."
Everett, Hugh
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"The universe is neither random nor deterministic; it is relational."
Everett, Hugh
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"The universe encodes information in ways we are only beginning to decipher."
Everett, Hugh
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"In the quantum realm, existence and essence are not given but emergent."
Everett, Hugh
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"Reality is what is invariant under all possible observations and interpretations."
Everett, Hugh
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"Quantum mechanics is not about subatomic particles; it is about the nature of existence."
Everett, Hugh
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"To measure is to participate; observation is not passive but creative."
Everett, Hugh
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"Energy is something that fundamentally cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed."
Bohm, David
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"Reality is not merely physical but involves consciousness fundamentally."
Bohm, David
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"The implicate order underlies all of manifest reality."
Bohm, David
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"Energy and matter are inseparable aspects of a deeper reality."
Bohm, David
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"To understand nature, we must understand consciousness."
Bohm, David
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"Matter and energy are manifestations of a deeper creative order."
Bohm, David
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"Every particle carries information about the whole universe."
Bohm, David