Now, that there are unscientific things is not my grief. That’s a nice word. I mean, that is not what I am worrying about, that there are unscientific things. That something is unscientific is not bad; there is nothing the matter with it. It is just unscientific. And scientific is limited, of course, to those things that we can tell about by trial and error. | |
— Richard P. Feynman | |
From his book: “The Meaning of It All“ | |
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Science Is Trial And Error
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