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Quotations about observation

Richard FeynmanYou can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts.

 - Richard Feynman

Tags:   birds  knowledge  languages  observation  

George Bernard ShawThere is no harder scientific fact in the world than the fact that belief can be produced in practically unlimited quantity and intensity, without observation or reasoning, and even in defiance of both, by the simple desire to believe founded on a strong interest in believing.

 - George Bernard Shaw

Tags:   beliefs  observation  reasoning