If you have a good scientific imagination you can think of all sorts of things that might be true, and that's the essence of science. You first think of something that might be true — then you look to see if it is, and it generally isn't.


Bertrand Russell Speaks His Mind, What Is Philosophy? (p. 13), Greenwood Press, Publishers. 1960

Bertrand Russell Quotes

If you have a good scientific imagination you can think of all sorts of things that might be true, and that's the essence of science. You first think ...

If you have a good scientific imagination you can think of all sorts of things that might be true, and that's the essence of science. You first think ...

If you have a good scientific imagination you can think of all sorts of things that might be true, and that's the essence of science. You first think ...

If you have a good scientific imagination you can think of all sorts of things that might be true, and that's the essence of science. You first think ...