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From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself.

I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren't random.

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize.

The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or complete unless it is known by its causes.

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness.

All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.'

Knowledge is the life of the mind.

People believe the only alternative to randomness is intelligent design.

The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.