Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at a certain date, of Professors X, Y, and Z....

Aldous Huxley
Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at...
Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at...
Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at...
Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at...
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This quote is usually attributed to Charles Darwin. It was first published in The Economist in 1859, and it expresses the author’s belief that science should not be based on the opinions and beliefs of any one individual. He wrote: “When we read a scientific work, we ought to feel as if we were reading the result of thousands of experiments, the fruits of long experience and close observation; and not as if it were the mere expression of one man’s opinion."

Source: Brave New World Revisited

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