Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
Alexis CarrelRead
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
Interpretation
Too little observation combined with excessive reasoning can lead to mistakes, while ample observation with minimal reasoning can lead to the truth.
The quote by Alexis Carrel suggests that relying too heavily on reasoning without sufficient observation can lead to errors in judgment. In contrast, gathering a broad base of observations, even with limited reasoning applied to them, can guide one more reliably toward the truth. This highlights the importance of empirical evidence and careful observation in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding.
In practice
In a scientific debate, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of careful observation in research.
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
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Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.
I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall on my face. Things worked out when I tried to make it about what I was feeling at that moment and what I was into in that moment of my life.
It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.
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