I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble.
Trying to learn about the future from science fiction is like trying to learn about love from romance novels.
You will hear things like, "Science doesn't know everything." Well, of course science doesn't know everything. But, because science doesn't know everything, it doesn't mean that science knows nothing
All of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking.
If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.
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.
The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths; of exquisite interrelationships; of the awesome machinery of nature.
I'd rather be a climbing ape than a falling angel.
Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.