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"If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents - the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else's. But if their thoughts - i.e., of Materialism and Astronomy - are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It's like expecting that the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milk-jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset." 4.297297297297297 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"Man's conquest of Nature turns out, in the moment of its consummation, to be Nature's conquest of Man." 4.666666666666667 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men." 4 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote
"No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power." 4.5 avg (0 votes) Rate this Quote


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