Mon, 11/17/2008 - 21:13 — banach
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 21:13 — banach
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum (I think that I think, therefore I think that I am.)
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 21:13 — banach
If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations – then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation – well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 21:13 — banach
To a request to explain what an electron is really supposed to be we can only answer, 'It is part of the A B C of physics.'
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 21:13 — banach
The most insignificant present has over the most significant past the advantage of reality.
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 20:57 — banach
The principles of logic and mathematics are true simply because we never allow them to be anything else.
Mon, 11/17/2008 - 20:57 — banach
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.