Karl Pearson Quote

If the reader questions whether there is still war between science and dogma, I must reply that there always will be as long as knowledge is opposed to ignorance. To know requires exertion, and it is intellectually easiest to shirk effort altogether by accepting phrases which cloak the unknown in the undefinable.

The Grammar of Science (2nd edition), Preface to the Second Edition (p. viii)

If the reader questions whether there is still war between science and dogma, I must reply that there always will be as long as knowledge is opposed...

If the reader questions whether there is still war between science and dogma, I must reply that there always will be as long as knowledge is opposed...

If the reader questions whether there is still war between science and dogma, I must reply that there always will be as long as knowledge is opposed...

If the reader questions whether there is still war between science and dogma, I must reply that there always will be as long as knowledge is opposed...