A miracle is anything with a probability of less than 20%.
Before I came here, I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture, I am still confused- but on a higher level.
Crime is the anti-social form of the struggle for existence.
Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery.
If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.
Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
It does not say in the Bible that all laws of nature are expressible linearly!
It is clear that the use of such a weapon cannot be justified on any ethical ground which gives a human being a certain individuality and dignity even if he happens to be a resident of an enemy country.
It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward.
Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.
Once basic knowledge is acquired, any attempt at preventing its fruition would be as futile as hoping to stop the earth from revolving around the sun.
Such a weapon goes far beyond any military objective and enters the range of very great natural catastrophes. By its very nature it cannot be confined to a military objective but becomes a weapon which in practical effect is almost one of genocide.
There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.
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