Scientific Research Quotes

“I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus.

There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period.”
― Michael Crichton

“I would remind you to notice where the claim of consensus is invoked. Consensus is invoked only in situations where the science is not solid enough. Nobody says the consensus of scientists agrees that E=mc2. Nobody says the consensus is that the sun is 93 million miles away. It would never occur to anyone to speak that way.”
― Michael Crichton

“I agree with Dr. Makris. Does that mean I would let someone blow up my dead foot to help save the feet of NATO land mine clearers? It does. And would I let someone shoot my dead face with a nonlethal projectile to help prevent accidental fatalities? I suppose I would. What wouldn't I let someone do to my remains? I can think of only one experiment I know of that, were I a cadaver, I wouldn't want anything to do with. This particular experiment wasn't done in the name of science or education or safer cars or better-protected soldiers. It was done in the name of religion.”
― Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

“Facts and fiction both are dreams. Facts are what fiction dreams to be, while fiction is the dream that facts have conquered.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Claiming sole credit for scientific discovery is like claiming sole credit for a movie. Just like you and everyone involved, I played my role.”
― Lashon Byrd

“Whole world is in our care, beyond all law and politics. We are capable, we are accountable - we are the scientists!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“SCIENCE means Sapient, Conscientious, Infinite Exploration, Never Compromising Empathy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“No language speaks to computers better than code,
No language speaks of matter better than physics.
No language speaks of mind better than neurology,
No language speaks pattern better than mathematics.
No language speaks of thought better than philosophy,
No language speaks of emotion better than poetry.
No language speaks of justice better than sociology,
No language speaks of behavior better than psychology.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“Always start a project with a meaningful purpose and aim to complete the initiative with a clear goal that would benefit others.”
― Saaif Alam

“The first sign of sanity is to be inquisitive.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Either Right or Human: 300 Limericks of Inclusion

“I am not a STEM advocate,
I am the STEM humanizer.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Facts and fiction both are dreams. Facts are what fiction dreams to be, while fiction is the dream that facts have conquered. And the beauty of it all is that, at any given moment, both dreams are alive, just in different shape and strength.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“If you want to believe,
don't ask for knowledge.
If you want to know,
don't give in to belief.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iman Insaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat: Pani, Agua, Water, It's All One

“Curiosity is the lifeblood of science, not constant boasting of lifeless facts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Science and knowledge are two different things - knowledge is a celebration of facts, science is a celebration of life using facts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, L'humain Impossible: Cent Sonnets pour Ma Famille Mondiale

“My science is not rooted in cold logic venture, my science is rooted in human welfare.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“I can see no more reason for preferring the theories of fifty years ago than for preferring the observational data of fifty years ago.”
― Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900–1931

“Truth is not an apple, that you can devour in a few bites - truth is an onion, peel off one layer, plenty more to peel alright.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator

“Knowledge behind Paywall
(Open Access Sonnet)

Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.

That's why huge chunks of my works,
are accessible freely to the world.
In fact, if I had no bills to pay,
would've given away my last miracle word!

Record of light is not proof of light,
Light must be proven by existence alone.
Over a third of my sonnets are available
free, including some of my most potent ones.

Light accessible only to select elites,
is not light, but filth uncivilized.
Paywall is a violation of knowledge,
it vilifies the sanctity of human light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Paywall is a violation of knowledge.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Knowledge aloof from people,
locked shut behind paywall,
bears no significance in society,
holds no worth whatsoever.

Light accessible only to select elites,
is not light, but filth uncivilized.
Paywall is a violation of knowledge,
it vilifies the sanctity of human light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Science is the biggest rabbit hole of all.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Science is a way of sight, and nobody walks it better than the undoctrinated.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Bringing a candle to a neighbor's
home who had their power cut off,
is far holier than lighting
a thousand candles in the church.

If you bring electricity to a marginalized
community with a simple solar power kit,
it's a far greater scientific achievement
than the gargantuan glories of the LHC.

There is no greater scientific achievement
than simple science solving big problems.
There is no greater holiness than trading
in the bible for a simple act of kindness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“If you bring electricity to a marginalized community with a simple solar power kit, it's a far greater scientific achievement than the gargantuan glories of the LHC.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“An experimenter’s own biases, expectations and intentions, whether expressed knowingly and outwardly, or even held subconsciously, are known to influence certain experiments. This effect is so well known that it has a name: the ‘observer-expectancy effect’ or ‘experimenter effect’ and has itself been a topic of research.”
― Jon Noble, Natural Remote Viewing

“Science and poetry are not so different after all. In science, the more you learn, the more you realize, how much you don't know. In poetry, the more you write, the more you realize, you got no clue, how you flow.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Scientific truth changes with data, spiritual truth changes with era, cultural truth changes with civilization.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Shallow science fights spirituality, deep science becomes it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot