Science and Religion
156 aphorisms · 18 comments
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tiny.ag/3ipv86qd · ★★☆☆ Fair (888 ratings) · submitted 1998
Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard.
tiny.ag/jlciv6fb · ★★☆☆ Fair (762 ratings) · submitted 1997
Religion is the opiate of the masses.
tiny.ag/o06tx1yn · ★★☆☆ Fair (78 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is bad luck to be superstitious.
tiny.ag/c6jkeq5x · ★★☆☆ Fair (811 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
tiny.ag/b4tuds1y · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.
Henry Louis Mencken, in Altruism and Cynicism and Science and Religion
tiny.ag/iulae0a9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (288 ratings) · submitted 1997
That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
John A. Locke, sometimes incorrectly attributed to John Locke, in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/zjwe0r42 · ★★☆☆ Fair (26 ratings) · submitted 1997
The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.
tiny.ag/xachd7wx · ★★☆☆ Fair (677 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whenever anyone says anything he is indulging in theories.
Alfred Korzybski, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/qiy9xdhn · ★★☆☆ Fair (1031 ratings) · submitted 1997
To "be" means to be related.
Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity, 1933 (4th ed., 1958), in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/kixc9uy6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (36 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of leading causes of statistics.
tiny.ag/r2mgfi6o · ★★☆☆ Fair (34 ratings) · submitted 1997
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.
Andy Finkel, (sometimes attributed to James Klass), in Science and Religion
tiny.ag/hvtkmq8l · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
Strong words are required for weak principles.
Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/wgyfgj8m · ★★☆☆ Fair (53 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wonder, rather than doubt, is the root of knowledge.
Abraham Heschel, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/n8mifyz3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 1997
The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time.
tiny.ag/m6pcdljo · ★★☆☆ Fair (1098 ratings) · submitted 1999
In prayer, it is better to have a heart without words than words without heart.
tiny.ag/fed8pqej · ★★☆☆ Fair (1052 ratings) · submitted 1997 by David Epstein
Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.
tiny.ag/vcqklkqm · ★★☆☆ Fair (53 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.
tiny.ag/beioj52g · ★★☆☆ Fair (876 ratings) · submitted 1997
History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion -- i.e., none to speak of.
tiny.ag/ifr4pyih · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
Prophecy is many times the principal cause of the events foretold.
Thomas Hobbes, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/pqsikg5n · ★★☆☆ Fair (398 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.
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