“There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.”
Denis Diderot
“It is the theory that decides what can be observed”
Albert Einstein
“Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.”
“Whatever their limitations, Freud and Marx developed complex and subtle theories of human nature grounded in their observation of individual and social behavior. The crackpot rationalism of free-market economics merely relies on an abstract model of how people 'must' behave.”
Ellen Willis
“Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
“Science, properly understood, should merely be defined as the knowledge man can gain from observing the natural world.”
Dave Freer
