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As a child I wanted to be a grown-up. I wanted to know everything - not that I like to talk about it. I hate intellectual conversation with intellectuals because I only care about my opinion.

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I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed.

Philosophy, Philosophical, Believe, Building, Trial, Epistemological
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Those who say that the study of science makes a man an atheist, must be rather silly people.

Atheist, Silly, Men, Man, People

The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.

Truth, Roots, Evil, Root, World

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

Education, Impossible, Reason, Sensible, Senseless

I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science, however, gives me the feeling of steady progress: I am convinced that theoretical physics is actual philosophy. It has revolutionized fundamental concepts, e. g. , about space and time (relativity), about causality (quantum theory), and about substance and matter (atomistics), and it has taught us new methods of thinking (complementarity) which are applicable far beyond physics.

Philosophy, Knowledge, Science, Applicable, Progress

I believe that ideas such as absolute certitude, absolute exactness, final truth, etc. are figments of the imagination which should not be admissible in any field of science. . . This loosening of thinking seems to me to be the greatest blessing which modern science has given to us. For the belief in a single truth and in being the possessor thereof is the root cause of all evil in the world.

Believe, Thinking, Blessing, Figments, Science, Certitude
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