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• Scientific theories are judged by the coherence they lend to our natural experience and the simplicity with which they do so.
  The grand principle of the heavens balances on the razor's edge of truth....
• History is the science of what never happens twice. -- Valery's Law
• It has been said that there are two theories of history
  conspiracy and blunder. If there is some truth to that, it is surely equally true that blunder seldom receives all the credit due it as an explanation of complex events....
• The history of science is everywhere speculative. It is a marvelous hiatory.
  It makes you proud to be a human being. -- Karl R. Poppe...
• According to the Theory of Dubious Theories...
• Quote #80 Or, as Dr. Pepper once wrote, "Stoning non conformists is part of science.
  Stoning conformists is also part of science. Only those theories that can stand up to a merciless barrage of stones deserve consideration....
• Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the free nations of the West.
  -- Edward Abbey...
• Science is so greatly opposed to history and tradition that it cannot be absorbed by our civilization.
  Max Born (1882-1907) "My Life and My View...