Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

科学比教条严格得多。教条给错误一个宪章,但科学的气息本身就是与错误的较量,必须保持良知的活力。

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We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

我们还把事情安排得几乎没有人了解科学和技术。这是灾难的处方。我们可能会侥幸逃脱一段时间,但这种无知和权力的可燃混合物迟早会在我们的脸上爆炸。

We overvalue the arts in relation to the sciences.

与科学相比,我们高估了艺术的价值。

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

任何耻辱都足以击败教条。