Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who know more and more about less and less, until they know everything about nothing.

Konrad Lorenz
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This quote from Dr. Who says that those who think they know everything and those who know nothing are equally as dangerous to society. Those who think they know everything will probably believe that the mysteries of life and the universe can be explained by science and those who know nothing, will never understand how we can send a man to the moon and come back alive. The same holds true for philosophers and scientists because these two groups can be quite dangerous to society.

People with great knowledge of the world and the universe should not be so arrogant as to think that they know everything about these topics. Scientists should not be so arrogant as to believe that what they do is the only way to do things.

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