The doubter is a true man of science: he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science.
CLAUDE BERNARDThe doubter is a true man of science: he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science.
CLAUDE BERNARDWe achieve more than we know. We know more than we understand. We understand more than we can explain.
CLAUDE BERNARDThe better educated we are and the more acquired information we have, the better prepared shall we find our minds for making great and fruitful discoveries.
CLAUDE BERNARDThe terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.
CLAUDE BERNARDIn science, the best precept is to alter and exchange our ideas as fast as science moves ahead.
CLAUDE BERNARDScience rejects the indeterminate.
CLAUDE BERNARDScience admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science.
CLAUDE BERNARDMan can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
CLAUDE BERNARDThose who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also make very poor observations.
CLAUDE BERNARDBut while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science.
CLAUDE BERNARDPriestley said that each discovery we make shows us many others that should be made.
CLAUDE BERNARDTrue science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.
CLAUDE BERNARDObervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
CLAUDE BERNARDWhen entering on new ground we must not be afraid to express even risky ideas so as to stimulate research in all directions. As Priestley put it, we must not remain inactive through false modesty based on fear of being mistaken.
CLAUDE BERNARDEverything is poisonous, nothing is poisonous, it is all a matter of dose.
CLAUDE BERNARDWe must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.
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