Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.

  • -- Henri Poincare 彭卡勒

科学是事实;正如房子是石头做的一样,科学也是由事实组成的;但是一堆石头并不是一座房子,收集的事实也不一定是科学。

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And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college.

我的朋友们在高中上过摄影课,他们会冲洗胶卷,打印照片,然后我把它们带回赛道,把它们送人,或者试着卖掉。令我父母非常沮丧的是,我在大学主修摄影。

The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he granted that a horse-hair put into a bottle of water will turn into a snake.

任何向神学屈服的科学家,无论多么微不足道,都是在向无知和虚假的伪装屈服,就像他肯定地承认把一根马毛放进一瓶水里就会变成一条蛇一样。

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

面对你是谁的事实,因为这就是改变你是谁的原因。