“One of the advantages of science is that one's work, ultimately, is either replicated or it is not.”
“Unlike rockers and replicants, one thing geeks are not is reckless.”
“One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.”
“Science is often misrepresented as ‘the body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments in the laboratory.’ Actually, science is something broader: the acquisition of reliable knowledge about the world.”
“One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of causation may separate final effects from ultimate causes lying outside the domain of that field of science.”
“Law is the ultimate science.”