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A fool’s brain
A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
G. B. Shaw
Ideas in science
In science the primary duty of ideas is to be useful and interesting even more than to be true…
Wilfred Trotter
Biology
Biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division.
Anonymous scientist
Lost scientific facts
Erin Mccarthy at Popular Mechanics writes an article on Lost series scientific facts (full article at http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/fact-vs-fiction/lost-science-fact-check-retrospective).
Worth a read either if you like Lost or not, because contains a lot of links to explanations of some interesting topics such as nukes, Parallel Universes, Dynamite, Touch screens,…
Science and figures
If it can’t be expressed in figures, it is not science; it’s opinion.
Anonymous
Handy Guide to Modern Science
1. If it’s green or it wiggles, it’s biology
2. If it stinks, it’s chemistry
3. If it doesn’t work, it’s physics.
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