Quotes About Explanation

Kita malah memecah persoalan itu menjadi potongan-potongan kecil dan menciptakan sejumlah teori yang hanya menjelaskan sebagian. Tiap teori penjelas sebagian itu menjabarkan dan memprediksi sekelompok terbatas pengamatan, mengabaikan akibat besaran-besaran lain.

Before we understood science, it was natural to believe that God created the universe, but now science offers a more convincing explanation. What I meant by 'we would know the mind of God' is we would know everything that God would know if there was a God, but there isn't. I'm an atheist.

So much of science proceeds by telling stories.

What I'm saying is that I'm trying to find rational reasons to explain irrational feelings, and that's neveer a good sign.

It should be possible to explain the laws of physics to a barmaid.

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.

Everything has reasons, even if they're not good ones. And the reasons have reasons.

I would show him the hotel brochure, but

After two brutal campaigns against Sanders and Trump, Hillary now had to explain the failure to friends in a seemingly endless round of phone calls. That was taking a toll on her already weary and grief-stricken soul. But

For science the great miracle to be explained is the physical universe. For esoteric philosophy the greater miracle is human consciousness.

Yes, genes explain far more about us than anyone had realized, but the genes themselves often turn out to be sensitive to environmental conditions. And yes, each person has a characteristic level of happiness, but it now looks as though it's not so much a set point as a potential range or probability distribution.

But when people know in advance that they'll have to explain themselves, they think more systematically and self-critically. They are less likely to jump to premature conclusions and more likely to revise their beliefs in response to evidence.

I explained to her that hypnosis wasn't magic, simply a combination of focused concentration and deep relaxation, that people tended to remember things more clearly when they were relaxed and that was why the police used it for witnesses.

as 'an explanation of ignotum ab ignoto'"—a theory that relies on the unknown to explain the unknown.

Give every data point the attention and scrutiny it deserves, and keep an open mind for alternative explanations that may explain your observations as well as (or better than) your pet theories.

Clarification is not to clarify things. It is to put one's self in the clear (Sir Humphrey Appleby)

I went on to explain that it is an honour, and also that we need a transport policy. "If by 'we' you mean Britain, that's perfectly true," he acknowledged. "But if by 'we' you mean you and me and this Department, we need a transport policy like an aperture in the cranial cavity.

The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.

Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes.

The cop looks annoyed, like we're giving him a headache. I want to explain everything to him that its really not as screwed up as it all sounds, but then I remember that it is.

Una tristeza absurda, porque no cree que sea la ausencia de la sombra la que esté provocándole ese bajón de ánimo, pero por otra parte no encuentra una explicación mejor.

Diagrams are a means of communication and explanation, and they facilitate brainstorming. They serve these ends best if they are minimal.

Whatever the cause, software that lacks a concept at the foundation of its design is, at best, a mechanism that does useful things without explaining its actions.

It would not be surprising if the villagers were afraid of these wild animals and tried to protect themselves from them, which would also explain why they had no doors or windows in their houses, so the animals could not get in that way. By using ladders, which the animals could not climb, the inhabitants were able to ensure their survival, at least from unwanted predators at night. No other explanation works as well.