British - Scientist | June 28, 1942 -
Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a belief system.
Rupert Sheldrake
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I learnt about plants from my father, who was a herbalist and an amateur microscopist.
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To describe the overwhelming life of a tropical forest just in terms of inert biochemistry and DNA didn't seem to give a very full picture of the world.
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Bad religion is arrogant, self-righteous, dogmatic and intolerant. And so is bad science. But unlike religious fundamentalists, scientific fundamentalists do not realize that their opinions are based on faith. They think they know the truth.
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I think hard work is what gets most people to the top.
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I do vote but I don't think that any political party represents my point of view.
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In both religion and science, some people are dishonest, exploitative, incompetent and exhibit other human failings.
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Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical.
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Most of nature is inherently chaotic. It's not rigidly determined in the old sense. It's not rigidly predictable.
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I think that the 'laws of nature' are also prone to evolve; I think they are more like habits than laws.
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The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.
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There's a certain kind of scepticism that can't bear uncertainty.
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