Behold The Turtle. He Makes

Therefore, A Grotesque Account Of A Period Some Thousands Of Years Ago Is Taken Seriously Though It Be Built By Piling Special Assumptions On Special Assumptions, Ad Hoc Hypothesis [invented For A Purpose] On Ad Hoc Hypothesis, And Tearing Apart The Fabric Of Science Whenever It Appears Convenient. The Result Is A Fantasia Which Is Neither History Nor Science.

There Is Only One Proved Method Of Assisting The Advancement Of Pure Science-that Of Picking Men Of Genius, Backing Them Heavily, And Leaving Them To Direct Themselves.

It Seems As Though I Were In A Lunatic Asylum, But I Am Never Sure Who Is The Attendant And Who The Inmate.

Science Is A Dynamic Undertaking Directed To Lowering The Degree Of The Empiricism Involved In Solving Problems; Or, If You Prefer, Science Is A Process Of Fabricating A Web Of Interconnected Concepts And Conceptual Schemes Arising From Experiments And Observations And Fruitful Of Further Experiments And Observations.

Democracy Is A Small Hard Core Of Common Agreement, Surrounded By A Rich Variety Of Individual Differences.