The literature [Nobel] laureate of this year has said that an author can do anything as long as his readers believe him.A scientist cannot do anything that is not checked and rechecked by scientists of this network before it is accepted.
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A mathematician is an individual who believes that prophesying that his dog will die if he deprives it of food constitutes a prediction.
A mathematician is an individual who calls himself a 'physicist' and does 'physics' and physical experiments with abstract concepts.
College is the grinding machine of the Mathematical Establishment, a conveyor belt that takes individuals from one cookie cutter to another so that the product comes within tight control limits out of the assembly line.
Proof' is the hallmark of religion.
Why do we put up with it? Do we like to be criticized? No, no scientist enjoys it. Every scientist feels a proprietary affection for his or her ideas and findings. Even so, you don__ reply to critics, Wait a minute; this is a really good idea; I__ very fond of it; it__ done you no harm; please leave it alone. Instead, the hard but just rule is that if the ideas don__ work, you must throw them away.
There were several key American scientists that favorably reported on Nazi eugenics after visiting Hitler's Germany in order to provide it cover.