If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world

Associative indexing, the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another. This is the essential feature of the Memex. The process of tying two items together is the important thing.

Thus science may implement the ways in which man produces, stores, and consults the record of the race.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.