Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Conviction Vs Truth

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this:
the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true 
has no bearing over whether it is true or not.
 — Peter Medawar

Monday, 21 May 2012

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Monday, 30 April 2012

The Non-Random Selection Of Ideational Variation

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes — an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless sceptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.
 — Carl Sagan