The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.
I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism.
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.
Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession.
This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.
It is clear that I am a person who believes fundamentally in facts, evidence, data, and science, which supports decision-making and allows us to function as a society based on knowledge.
I have a science YouTube channel where I will sometimes use my engineering skills to build things such as the world’s largest Super Soaker or the Guinness World Record world’s largest Nerf gun.
The pace at which fundamental discoveries of basic science are being uncovered is accelerating, as is the speed at which medical practice is being transformed by these inventions.
When I came to MIT, there were four rubrics: science, art, design, and technology. And as you entered your degree, whether it was a master’s or a Ph.D., if you were a citizen in one domain, you were a traveler in the other.
Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.
Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It’s just always all in the way you use it. So there’s no – you can’t really blame anything on the technology. It’s just the way people use it, and it always has been.
Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.
One of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it.
Science fiction is not quirky anymore; we live in a futuristic world now.
Science by itself has no moral dimension. But it does seek to establish truth. And upon this truth morality can be built.
The more we learn of science, the more we see that its wonderful mysteries are all explained by a few simple laws so connected together and so dependent upon each other, that we see the same mind animating them all.
There can be no truce between science and religion.
That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization.
I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is ‘Star Trek.’ I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, ‘Oh!’ and I’m fascinated by it.
It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.
The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It’s really no more inflammatory than that.
Molecular chirality plays a key role in science and technology. In particular, life depends on molecular chirality in that many biological functions are inherently dissymmetric.
