We want to have certainties and no doubts – results and no experiments – without even seeing that certainties can arise only through doubt and results only through experiment.
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America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.
If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts.
It is true that the more we see some connection in what happens to us, the more we are confirmed in the opinion we have about the reality of our appearances; and it is also true that the more we examine our appearances closely, the more we find them well-sequenced, as microscopes and other aids in making experiments have shown us.
