Science and Religion
156 aphorisms · 18 comments
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tiny.ag/t6xaogci · submitted 1997
The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
tiny.ag/nadtrlci · submitted 1997
Every sentence that I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
tiny.ag/fsnkyl1j · submitted 1997
To generalize is to be an idiot.
tiny.ag/ex5pqdpc · submitted 1997
Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be nullified on behalf of a single petitioner, admittedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/gzduntch · submitted 1997
Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/jsu6vp9n · submitted 1997
Logic is a system whereby one may go wrong with confidence.
tiny.ag/oy08nxhf · submitted 1998 by Marc Spierings
To use a method is to compare the realm of mind to a stool. The true thinker walks freely.
Godfried Bomans, De avonturen van Bill Clifford, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/zvh1wgvj · submitted 1997
It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
tiny.ag/2fem3dfi · submitted 1997
Isn't it strange? The same people who laugh at gypsy fortune-tellers take economists seriously.
tiny.ag/ejnzrzf3 · submitted 1997
My mind is made up, don't confuse me with the facts!
tiny.ag/hpw0adig · submitted 1997
Modern man is the missing link between apes and human beings.
tiny.ag/icgo06ph · submitted 1997
Harrisberger's Fourth Law of the Lab: Experience is directly proportional to the amount of equipment ruined.
tiny.ag/e8syltpb · submitted 1997
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
tiny.ag/4rgim10d · submitted 1997
A single fact can spoil a good argument.
tiny.ag/lwrzvsfo · submitted 1997
A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
tiny.ag/oxnkf52j · submitted 1997
All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen or it won't.
tiny.ag/pjhoaeaj · submitted 1997
Horngren's Observation: Among economists, the real world is often a special case.
tiny.ag/qkyrww23 · submitted 1997
First Rule of History: History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.
tiny.ag/rdhwutp3 · submitted 1997
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.
tiny.ag/n7uywfhs · submitted 1997
A student who changes the course of history is probably taking an exam.
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