28 JAN 2012 by ideonexus

 Keep Your Dreams Sane

In geology we cannot dispense with conjectures: [but] because we are condemned to dream let us ensure that our dreams are like those of sane men—e.g. that they have their foundations in truth—and are not like the dreams of the sick, formed by strange combinations of phantasms, contrary to nature and therefore incredible.
Folksonomies: empiricism imagination
Folksonomies: empiricism imagination
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In science, conjectures must be sound and not devolve into flights of fancy.

18 SEP 2011 by TGAW

 Vonnegut on the Purpose of Fiction Writers

Our purpose is to make mankind aware of itself, in all its complexity, and to dream its dreams. We have no choice in the matter.
Folksonomies: vonnegut fiction
Folksonomies: vonnegut fiction
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