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“ Random search for data on ... off-chance is hardly scientific. A questionnaire on 'Intellectual Immoralities' was circulated by a well-known institution. 'Intellectual Immorality No. 4' read: 'Generalizing beyond one's data'. [Wilder Dwight] Bancroft asked whether it would not be more correct to word question no. 4 'Not generalizing beyond one's data. ”

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The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

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As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.

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The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows it not, and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead. We all had this priceless talent when we were young. But as time goes by, many of us lose it. The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement. It is the essence of his being.

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Hans Selye, the pioneer in the understanding of human stress, was often asked the following question: What is the most stressful condition a person can face? His unexpected response: Not having something to BELIEVE in.

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