Science is a great many things... but in the end they all return to this: science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think. It need more courage than we have ever found when we have faced our worldly problems.


The Common Sense of Science, Chapter IX, Section 6 (p. 148), Harvard University Press. 1953


Science is a great many things... but in the end they all return to this: science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. ...

Science is a great many things... but in the end they all return to this: science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. ...

Science is a great many things... but in the end they all return to this: science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. ...

Science is a great many things... but in the end they all return to this: science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. ...