The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
— Isaac Asimov
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Confidence is rewarded, apparently. There was a homewhen proverb that went, "Grip the nettle firmly and it will become a stick with which to beat your enemy."
The dullness of fact is the mother of fiction.
The facts, gentlemen, and nothing but the facts, for careful eyes are narrowly watching.
Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.
An observer studying the Solar system dispassionately, and finding himself capable of bringing the four giant planets to his notice, could reasonably say that the Solar system consisted of one star, four planets, and some traces of debris.
The fact that the general incidence of leukemia has doubled in the last two decades may be due, partly, to the increasing use of x-rays for numerous purposes. The incidence of leukemia in doctors, who are likely to be so exposed, is twice that of the general public. In radiologists … the incidence is ten times greater.
Religion is more conservative than any other aspect of human life.