Device Quotes (2)
Science stands, a too competant servant, behind her wrangling underbred masters, holding out resources, devices, and remedies they are too stupid to use. … And on its material side, a modern Utopia must needs present these gifts as taken.
A Modern Utopia (1904, 2006), 49.
See also: | Material (4) | Remedy (12) | Resource (3) | Science (463) | Servant (3) | Stupidity (7) | Utopia (3)
The progress of science is often affected more by the frailties of humans and their institutions than by the limitations of scientific measuring devices. The scientific method is only as effective as the humans using it. It does not automatically lead to progress.
Chemistry (1989), 6.
See also: | Automatic (2) | Effective (2) | Human (38) | Institution (8) | Measurement (68) | Progress (120) | Science (463) | Scientific Method (62)
