We are in a position similar to that of a mountaineer who is wandering over uncharted spaces, and never knows whether behind the peak which he sees in front of him and which he tries to scale there may not be another peak still beyond and higher up.
MAX PLANCKWe are in a position similar to that of a mountaineer who is wandering over uncharted spaces, and never knows whether behind the peak which he sees in front of him and which he tries to scale there may not be another peak still beyond and higher up.
More Max Planck Quotes
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The quantum hypothesis will eventually find its exact expression in certain equations which will be a more exact formulation of the law of causality.
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Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.
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We have no right to assume that any physical laws exist, or if they have existed up until now, that they will continue to exist in a similar manner in the future.
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In all my research I have never come across matter. To me the term matter implies a bundle of energy which is given form by an intelligent spirit.
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The assumption of an absolute determinism is the essential foundation of every scientific enquiry.
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Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors.
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An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.
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Experiment is the only means of knowledge at our disposal. Everything else is poetry, imagination.
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Thus, the photons which constitute a ray of light behave like intelligent human beings: out of all possible curves they always select the one which will take them most quickly to their goal.
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An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature and a measurement is the recording of Nature’s answer.
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Religion belongs to the realm that is inviolable before the law of causation and therefore closed to science.
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I had always looked upon the search for the absolute as the noblest and most worth while task of science.
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Science advances one funeral at a time.
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It is never possible to predict a physical occurrence with unlimited precision.
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Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.
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