The Process Of Scientific Discovery

In Their Struggle For The Ethical Good, Teachers Of Religion Must Have The Stature To Give Up The Doctrine Of A Personal God.

Creating A New Theory Is Not Like Destroying An Old Barn And Erecting A Skyscraper In Its Place. It Is Rather Like Climbing A Mountain, Gaining New And Wider Views, Discovering Unexpected Connections Between Our Starting Points And Its Rich Environment. But The Point From Which We Started Out Still Exists And Can Be Seen, Although It Appears Smaller And Forms A Tiny Part Of Our Broad View Gained By The Mastery Of The Obstacles On Our Adventurous Way Up.

I Am A Determinist. As Such, I Do Not Believe In Free Will. The Jews Believe In Free Will. They Believe That Man Shapes His Own Life. I Reject That Doctrine Philosophically. In That Respect I Am Not A Jew.

The World Is A Dangerous Place To Live; Not Because Of The People Who Are Evil, But Because Of The People Who Don't Do Anything About It.

The Special Theory Of Relativity Owes Its Origins To Maxwell's Equations Of The Electromagnetic Field.