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Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

— Thomas Huxley

Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

— Thomas Huxley

Science can promote an understanding between people at a really fundamental level.

— Carol W. Greider

Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.

— Bill Nye

Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.

— Martin Rees

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

— Carl Sagan

It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.

— Felix Bloch

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

— Vannevar Bush

Is there anything science should not try to explain? Science is knowledge and knowledge is power - power to do good or evil. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

— Paul Davies

✗Opposing Perspectives

If we reject science, we reject the common man.

— Naguib Mahfouz