Philosophy
Too Wonderful
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
—Michael Faraday
Questioning Nature
What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning.
— Werner Heisenberg
Against Scientism
Regardless of your scientific theory, scientism destroys human knowledge and makes you stupid. Regardless of your political ideology, political scientism destroys human life and makes you dangerous.
— Robin Koerner
The Illusion of Knowledge
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
— Stephen Hawking
Hume on What Makes Truth Agreeable
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book II, Section X:
“The first and most considerable circumstance requisite to render truth agreeable, is the genius and capacity, which is employ’d in its invention and discovery. What is easy and obvious is never valu’d; even what is in itself difficult, if we come to the knowledge of it without difficulty, and without any stretch of thought or judgment, is but little regarded.”
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Philosophy
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein