“There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Discovery
Douglas Adams on the Universe
Andre Gide on Discovery
“Man cannot discover new oceans until he has courage to lose sight of the shore.” Continue reading
Neil Armstrong on Mystery
“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” Continue reading
Isaac Asimov on Science
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny… ‘ Continue reading
R. Buckminster Fuller on Science
“Everything you’ve learned in school as ‘obvious’ becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There’s not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.” Continue reading
Frank Herbert on Knowledge
“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” Continue reading
Galileo Galilei on Science
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” Continue reading
A. A. Milne on Disorder
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” Continue reading
Arthur Koestler on Discovery
“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.” Continue reading
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