Scientific Truth

Precisely because Marx was

Precisely because Marx was convinced that the cause of the proletariat was of decisive importance for the whole future of mankind, he wanted to create for that cause not a flimsy platform of rhetorical invective or wishful thinking, but the rock-like foundation of scientific truth. Ernest Mandel

So erst the Sage

So erst the Sage [Pythagoras] with scientific truth In Grecian temples taught the attentive youth; With ceaseless change how restless atoms pass From life to life, a transmigrating mass; How the same organs, which to-day compose The poisonous henbane, or the fragrant rose, May with to-morrow’s sun new forms compile, Frown in the Hero, in … Read more

There is no better

There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism. Friedrich Nietzsche

Without deviation from the

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. Frank Zappa

Poetry examines an emotional

Poetry examines an emotional truth. It’s an experience filtered through the personality of the poet. We look to poetry for visions, not scientific truths. The poet’s job is to combine new elements. Explore their melting, seeping into one another. Diane Glancy

Indeed, scientific truth by

Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history. David Douglass

A mere inference or

A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to the most cherished doctrines of religion. David Brewster

You must also realize

You must also realize that the stuff of excellence-truth, real scientific truth-can be elusive… It is too often covered by the heavy fog of fear and hidden by the darkness of your detractors. Daniel Goldin

As soon as the

As soon as the circumstances of an experiment are well known, we stop gathering statistics. … The effect will occur always without exception, because the cause of the phenomena is accurately defined. Only when a phenomenon includes conditions as yet undefined,Only when a phenomenon includes conditions as yet undefined, can we compile statistics. … we … Read more

The eloquence of a

The eloquence of a scientist is clarity; scientific truth is always more luminous when its beauty is unadorned than when it is tricked out in the embellishments with which our imagination would seek to clothe it. Claude Bernard