The progress of the natural sciences in modern times has of course so much exceeded all expectations that any suggestion that there may be some limits to it is bound to arouse suspicion.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.
It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.
Much of today's public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts.
Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail.
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
While it is quite reasonable for scientists to be skeptical of new ideas that do not fit within the accepted realm of scientific knowledge, the best science often emerges from situations where results carefully obtained do not fit within the accepted paradigms.
At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.
It soon became obvious that we were but on the threshold of the discovery.
It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.