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James P. Hogan
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Science Quotes by James P. Hogan (2 quotes)
Scientists are the easiest to fool. ... They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore misdirectable, lines. The only world they know is the one where everything has a logical explanation and things are what they appear to be. Children and conjurors—they terrify me. Scientists are no problem; against them I feel quite confident.
— James P. Hogan
Code of the Lifemaker (1983, 2000),Chapter 1.
Today, everybody remembers Galileo. How many can name the bishops and professors who refused to look through his telescope?
— James P. Hogan
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In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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