Isaac Asimov Quotes about Knowledge

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The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your

The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."

Isaac Asimov

Mean, Ignorance, Knowledge

"A Cult of Ignorance". Newsweek, January 21, 1980.

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

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Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

Isaac Asimov (1984). “Asimov's New guide to science”, Basic Books (AZ)

To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge, Science, Perfect

Isaac Asimov (1968). “The Intelligent Man's Guide to the Physical Sciences”

Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It's a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge, Science, Thinking

Interview with Bill Moyers on October 21, 1988. "Bill Moyers' World Of Ideas". Book by Bill D. Moyers, 1989.

Knowledge is indivisible. When people grow wise in one direction, they are sure to make it easier for themselves to grow wise in other directions as well. On the other hand, when they split up knowledge, concentrate on their own field, and scorn and ignore other fields, they grow less wise - even in their own field.

Isaac Asimov

Wise, Wisdom, Knowledge

"The Roving Mind". Book by Isaac Asimov. Chapter 25, 1983.

Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.

Isaac Asimov

Time, Knowledge, Science

There's so much knowledge to be had that specialists cling to their specialties as a shield against having to know anything about anything else. They avoid being drowned.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge, Shields, Specialists

Isaac Asimov (2012). “Prelude to Foundation”, p.89, Spectra

During the century after Newton, it was still possible for a man of unusual attainments to master all fields of scientific knowledge. But by 1800, this had become entirely impracticable.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge, Science, Men

Isaac Asimov (1968). “The Intelligent Man's Guide to the Physical Sciences”

Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge, Science, Arrogance

Unfortunately, in many cases, people who write science fiction violate the laws of nature, not because they want to make a point, but because they don't know what the laws of nature are.

Isaac Asimov

Writing, Knowledge, Science

Isaac Asimov, Carl Howard Freedman (2005). “Conversations with Isaac Asimov”, p.176, Univ. Press of Mississippi