Science Quotes

"Science is the art of asking the right questions, not merely answering them."

"To be a scientist is to accept that you will never know everything."

"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics to those with ears to hear."

"Mathematics is the most abstract of sciences, yet it describes the most concrete realities."

"Science advances not by the accumulation of facts, but by the transformation of our understanding."

"The universe speaks to those who learn its language; that language is mathematics."

"A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal computing machine."

"We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge."

"The most interesting and difficult case is when n = 1 and m = 1 for this is the case of a single machine."

"In fact, there are already a number of theorems which have been proved by machines, and in the near future it is quite likely that this will be done on a very large scale."

"We cannot expect to find an answer here, as the Jabir and Tusi couple is a particular kind of a universal joint, and has nothing to do with the general problem of expressing an arbitrary motion."

"The human memory is supposed to be set up in a manner analogous to a telephone exchange."

"Consider now a typical code or system of symbols for use in the universal computing machine. The different symbols must be clearly distinguishable to the machine."

"The game of imitation is played with three people: a man (A), a woman (B), and an interrogator (C) who may be of either sex."

"From the point of view of the programmer, the machine is deterministic."

"We should abandon the belief that the brain contains some entity whose behaviour is in principle 'inexplicable by the laws of physics'."

"Turing test: A test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour indistinguishable from that of a human."

"By the structure and behaviour of matter, we should be able to arrive at a mechanical explanation of thought."

"The creative mathematician discovers rather than invents the structures of reality."

"Complexity often emerges from the simplest possible foundations."

"Pure thought, when rigorous, becomes the most practical tool of all."

"What the mind constructs through logic, reality validates through necessity."

"Every great work of science is primarily a work of imagination."

"Intuitively, the continuum cannot be made into a set."

"Physics is really nothing more than a guide to profitably applying mathematics to nature."

"The universe speaks to us in the language of mathematics."

"Mathematics is the science of the obvious, yet it reveals the hidden."

"The universe is a problem to be solved, and mathematics is our tool."

"Mathematics is the art of reducing any problem to previously solved problems."

"Formal systems reveal the underlying structure of human reasoning."