It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist. — Sir Arthur Eddington. British astrophysicist (1882–1944)
We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.
We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We forget that we have still to make of a study of 'and.'
In Einstein's theory of relativity the observer is a man who sets out in quest of truth armed with a measuring-rod. In quantum theory he sets out with a sieve.
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers.