Science bestowed immense new powers on man and at the same time create conditions which were largely beyond his comprehension and still more beyond his control. The simple answer runs, because we have not yet learned to make sensible use of it. In science we must be interested in things, not persons. What art was to the ancient world, science is to the modern.
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. When a man tells you that he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring that he is an inexact man. 1999 - 2001 Absolute Figures . All rights reserved.