Quotes About Limitation

El ser humano ha emprendido el viaje en busca de otros mundos, otras civilizaciones, sin haber conocido a fondo sus propios encondrijos, sus callejones sin salida, sus pozos, o sus oscuras puertas atrancadas.

ignoramus et ignorabimus

L'uomo è in grado di apprendere poche cose la volta; vediamo soltanto ciò che accade dinanzi a noi, qui e ora; non siamo capaci di figurarci una serie di processi che avvengono simultaneamente, per quanto siano legati o complementari gli uni agli altri. Questo vale anche per fenomeni relativamente semplici. La sorte di un uomo è significativa, quella di cento si può appena afferrare; ma la storia di mille, di un milione, propriamente parlando, non ci dice niente.

the old doctrine of ignoramus et ignorabimus—"we do not know and will not know.

no hay cosa que deseéis más que averiguar lo que no podéis averiguar! Pero qué le vamos a hacer.

El ser humano ha emprendido el viaje en busca de otros mundos, otras civilizaciones, sin haber conocido a fondo sus propios escondrijos, sus callejones sin salida, sus pozos, o sus oscuras puertas atrancadas. El ser humano ha emprendido el viaje en busca de otros mundos, otras civilizaciones, sin haber conocido a fondo sus propios escondrijos, sus callejones sin salida, sus pozos, o sus oscuras puertas atrancadas. - Solaris

Space is for the cephalopods, Maura. It never was meant for us.

He saw a baby elephant tied to a post with a steel chain. The baby ripped and scratched and tried to get free, but the chain wouldn't break. Then, he saw a grown elephant tied to a post with nothing but a little piece of rope. He asked his mother how the little piece of rope held the big elephant in place. She explained they chain the babies until they give up. The elephants think that little piece of rope is still a chain.

A critical fact in the world of 1801 was that nothing moved faster than the speed of a horse. No human being, no manufactured item, no bushel of wheat, no side of beef (or any beef on the hoof, for that matter), no letter, no information, no idea, order, or instruction of any kind moved faster.

There can't be that many individual souls. Not souls like mine. There isn't room. There can't be.

There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average

Each exists for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe.

In effect, God was confined to the areas that nineteenth-century science did not understand.

Alam semesta mengembang tidak melenyapkan pencipta, tapi jelas membatasi kapan pencipta bisa melakukan penciptaan!

Hamlet said, "I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space." I think what he meant was that although we humans are very limited physically, particularly in my own case, our minds are free to explore the whole universe, and to boldly go where even Star Trek fears to tread.

Gagasan bahwa kita bisa berjalan mengelilingi alam semesta dan kembali ke tempat semula itu cocok dijadikan fiksi sains, tapi tidak punya banyak arti praktis karena bisa ditunjukkan bahwa alam semesta keburu runtuh menjadi berukuran nol sebelum kita bisa kembali ke titik awal. Kita perlu bergerak lebih cepat daripada cahaya agar bisa sampai ke titik awal sebelum alam semesta berakhir—dan itu tak diperbolehkan!

Doktrin determinisme sains ditolak banyak orang yang merasa doktrin itu membatasi kebebasan Tuhan untuk campur tangan di dunia.

Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.

Unlimited knowledge, limited time.

Sometimes I want to impersonate a fountain, but specific circumstances don't allow me to do it.

At one point in my life you'll have my best but not my whole.

My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself.

Best before: 19 March 2007

Y, por más que lo intento, no entiendo cómo puedes estar satisfecha con una vida tan minúscula. Esta vida que tiene lugar en un radio de poco más de cinco kilómetros y que no incluye a nadie capaz de sorprenderte, exigirte o mostrarte cosas que te dejen boquiabierta y no te dejen dormir de noche.