Quote by Orson Scott Card

Perhaps a physicist would know at once why this whole idea was absurd. But then, perhaps a physicist would be so locked into the consensus of his scientific community that it would be harder for him to accept an idea that transformed the meaning of everything he knew. Even if it were true.

Perhaps a physicist would know at once why this whole idea w

Summary

This quote highlights the potential conflict between scientific consensus and revolutionary ideas. It suggests that while a physicist may instinctively recognize the absurdity of an idea, their adherence to the established scientific beliefs might hinder their acceptance of a transformative concept, even if it holds truth. It points to the resistance that can arise when challenging established knowledge systems, raising questions about the balance between acceptance and progression in scientific communities.

Topics

Truth Science Acceptance Scientists

By Orson Scott Card

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong a

So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shift

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries.

William Irwin Thompson

What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physi

What I am going to tell you about is what we teach our physics students in the third or fourth year of graduate school... It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don't understand it. You see my physics students don't understand it... That is because I don't understand it. Nobody does.

Richard P. Feynman

Science Physics

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But t

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been i

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Emily Dickinson

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making le

I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.

You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs a

You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.

The vanishing of languages, like those of living species, is

The vanishing of languages, like those of living species, is an event that has been repeated many times in history. Localized disasters such as a volcano eruptions, great floods or warfare have played a part, but in the modern era the spread of Europeans--and European diseases--has greatly accelerated the pace of destruction. Local or regional language communities may be overpowered by a dominant metropolitan language, which increases the pressure to neglect the ancestral tongue in favor of the new one and is seen as the key to prospering in the dominant culture. Children may be forbidden to use their mother tongue in the classroom, as has occurred to many groups, including the Welsh, Native Americans and Aboriginal Australians. Speakers of minority languages have been forcibly relocatedand combined with speakers of other languages, as happened when Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves. Practices such as these have made Native American languages the most imperiled of any on the earth.The death of a language is not only a tragedy for those directly involved but also an irretrievable cultural loss for the rest of the world. Through language, each culture expresses a unique worldview. Thus, any effort to preserve linguistic variety implies a deep respect for the positive values of other cultures.

Rodger Doyle, Scientific America

Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.

Let nobody speak mischief of anybody.