Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.
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Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.
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I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive.
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A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did.
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