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SCIENCE: I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. (Lawrence M. Krauss, U.S. theoretical physicist, Born 1954Ignorance: Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

SCIENCE: I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. (Lawrence M. Krauss, U.S. theoretical physicist, Born 1954)

SCIENCE: Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. (Robert King Merton, U.S. sociologist and professor at Columbia University, 1910-2003)

SCIENCE: The saddest aspect of life . . . is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. (Isaac Asimov, U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992)