Quotes by Scientist In private many scientists admit that science has no explanation for the beginning of life... Darwin never imagined the exquisitely profound complexity that exists even at the most basic levels of life. Michael Behe scientistlevelsprofound The scientists at CERN were actually surprised that people commented on this. Reportedly Fabiola Gianotti, the coordinator of the CERN program to find the Higgs Boson, was asked why she had selected Comic Sans. She simply said, "Because I like it." Michael Bierut comicscientistpeople Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had. Michael Crichton scientistbeliefliterature The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus. There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period. Michael Crichton brokescientistperiods Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing. Michael Polanyi scientistjuniorsbody I just take the Bible for what it is, I guess, and recognize that I am not a scientist, not trained to be a scientist. I'm not a deep thinker on all of this. I wish I was. I wish I was more knowledgeable, but I'm not a scientist. Michele Bachmann knowledgeablescientistwish I'm not a science fiction writer, I'm a physicist. These are scientists who are making the future in their laboratories. Michio Kaku scientistphysicistfiction Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days. Miguel de Icaza scientistusepeople I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist. Moby scientistobsessedfiction A scientist sounds like a scientist because the things that come out of their mouth don't stumble, that's all. If they [said], "And the, um, a microwave, uh," you know, then you don't sound right, but if you can just get it out without stumbling then you're going to sound fine. Morgan Freeman scientistmouthssound Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. Mortimer Adler philosopherscientistfound Scientists should continue doing what they've always done, which is to understand the Earth as well as they can. Naomi Oreskes scientistdoneearth At a recent conference, a colleague told one of us that in IPCC discussions, some scientists have been reluctant to make strong claims about the scientific evidence, lest contrarians "attack us". Another said that she'd rather err on the side of conservatism in her estimates, because then she feels more "secure." Naomi Oreskes scientiststrongsides Yet again, unscientific claims were being circulated broadly, but the scientists' refutation of them was published where only fellow scientists would see it. Naomi Oreskes scientistclimate-changeclaims My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do. Naomi Wolf scientistechoesjobs scientists ... resist ... making more of the data than the data make of themselves. Natalie Angier scientistdatascience Data scientist is just a sexed up word for statistician. Nate Silver data-sciencescientistdata As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science, whereas Darwin didn't really overturn a science paradigm. Neil deGrasse Tyson paradigmscientistcitizens The biggest misconception usually is to assume that I am a scientist and that I work for scientists. I work for the public to access the surreal and fantastical in science. Nelly Ben Hayoun surrealscientistassuming I see myself in pop culture. I listen to pop music, I do pop things, and I'm also a scientist. Neil deGrasse Tyson scientistpopsculture«89101112131415161718»
