#theory

A wonderful area for speculative academic work is the unknowable. These days religious subjects are in disfavor, but there are still plenty of good topics. The nature of consciousness, the workings of the brain, the origin of aggression, the origin of language, the origin of life on earth, SETI and life on other worlds...this is all great stuff. Wonderful stuff. You can argue it interminably. But it can't be contradicted, because nobody knows the answer to any of these topics. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#brain #conjecture #consciousness #darwinism #evolution

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#answer #formulates #know #needed #only

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#flesh #go #large #living #permanent

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#practice #put #splendid #theory #until

Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has. ↗

— Roger Penrose

#around #been #days #dependent #forces

In the book, I make the point that here we have string theory and here we have twistor theory and we don't know if either one of them is the right approach to nature. ↗

— Roger Penrose

#book #either #here #i #know

The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions. ↗

— Roger Penrose

#basic #dimensions #extra #extra dimensions #theory

Whether the ice caps melt, or expand - whatever happens - the anthropogenic global warming theorists claim it confirms their theory. A perfect example of a pseudo-science like astrology. ↗

— Frank Tipler

#caps #claim #confirms #example #expand

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts. ↗

— George Santayana

#facts #helps #ignorance #our #theory

By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#i #just #keep #keep moving #man