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Quote of the Week: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”— Winston Churchill,…

Quote of the Week: “The entire world we apprehend through our senses is no more than a tiny fragment in the vastness of Nature.” — Max Planck, The Universe in…

It is never possible to predict a physical occurrence with unlimited precision.” — Max Planck in The Meaning of Causality in Physics (1953)

Quote of the Week: “”It would be illegitimate and would rob our calculation of its basis if unsuccessful results were not all brought into the account.” ― Ronald Fisher (1890-1962)…

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” ― Albert Einstein

Quote of the Week: “Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to…

Quote of the Week: “No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles.” — Richard Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist (1998)

Quote of the Week: “Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels…If it is consensus, it isn’t science.  If it’s science, it isn’t consensus.”

“It is a curious historical fact that modern quantum mechanics began with two quite different mathematical formulations: the differential equation of Schroedinger and the matrix algebra of Heisenberg. The two…

Quote of the Week: “We can always prove a definite theory wrong. Notice however that we never prove it right.” — Richard Feynman (1964)

Quote of the Week: “In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to…

Quote of the Week: “Details that could throw doubt on your interpretation must be given, if you know them. You must do the best you can — if you know…

“We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning … People search for certainty. But there is no certainty.” – Richard Feynman, “What is…

Quote of the Week: “Beware the Ides of March” — Soothsayer to Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.

Quote of the Week: “Some people say, “How can you live without knowing?” I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you…

Quote of the Week: “We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than…

Quote of the Week: “It is not unscientific to take a guess, although many people who are not in science believe that it is.”  — Richard Feynman

Quote of the Week: “… as far as the propositions of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer…

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies