Quality over quantity

Well, we know less than we did before, but more of what we know is actually true. -- John C. Reynolds

Meanings

The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one. -- Irwin Edman

 

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with the indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light. -- Stanley Kubrick

Bits and bytes of Ancient Wisdom

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake. -- Confucius

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -- Aristotle

 

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way, and not starting. -- Buddha (?)

 

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it. -- Bruce Lee

Theories, not Truth

There is no quantum world. There is only an abstract quantum physical description. It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we can say about nature. [...] This ‘working model’ of science acknowledges that reality-in-itself is metaphysical, that the objects of scientific study are the shadows, the things-as-they-appear or things-as-they-are-measured. It accepts that the facts that scientists work with are not theory-neutral — they do not come completely free from contamination by theoretical concepts. It accepts that theories are in their turn populated by metaphysical concepts and mathematical abstractions and are derived by any method that works, from induction to the most extreme speculation. It acknowledges that theories can never be accepted as the ultimate truth. Instead, they are accepted as possessing a high truth-likeness or verisimilitude — they correspond to the facts. In this way they become part of the authorized version of empirical reality. -- Jim Baggott