The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.

The real problem in speech is not precise language. The problem is clear language.

If all of mathematics disappeared, physics would be set back by exactly one week.

It's amazing how many people even today use a computer to do something you can do with a pencil and paper in less time.

Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate.

Outside of their particular area of expertise scientists are just as dumb as the next person.

Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion