Compendium Galactica

A science repository.

[Compendium Galactica @wormhole_raider]

“The aim of science… is an incessant struggle towards a goal which can never be reached. Because the goal is of its very nature unattainable.” - Max Planck

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Max Planck died on this day in 1947, bequeathing us quantum theory and this gorgeous meditation on the eternal relationship between science and mystery: https://t.co/NLRENJCfua

[Paul Halpern @phalpern]

'Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.'

-Lise Meitner, Austrian nuclear scientist

[Compendium Galactica @wormhole_raider]

https://t.co/Kf4Dihchy0

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

For you, religion is the belief that I'm in control.

For Me, religion is the certainty that you're out of control.

[Brian Greene @bgreene]

"It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe...can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil."--Richard Feynman, born this week, 1918.

[Compendium Galactica @wormhole_raider]

@UberFacts "Exile on Main st."

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

If I'd made all penises identically sized the world would be a much better place.

[Compendium Galactica @wormhole_raider]

@theblackcrowes "No Use Lying"

[Compendium Galactica @wormhole_raider]

@theblackcrowes "Sometimes Salvation"

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

If you are refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe it's because you are getting your medical advice from news pundits, fearmongers, conspiracy theorists, and other deeply misinformed people, rather than from Medical Professionals.

[Paul Halpern @phalpern]

El tiempo se bifurca perpetuamente hacia innumerables futuros.

Time bifurcates perpetually into innumerable futures.

-Jorge Luis Borges

[Compendium Galactica @wormhole_raider]

Importance of sleep - https://t.co/VEVUmQI6BZ

[Compendium Galactica @wormhole_raider]

https://t.co/X7ytoN2orN

[Xavi Bros @Xavi_Bros]

Carl Sagan:

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”

[David W Hogg @davidwhogg]

I couldn’t agree with this more. The shrill contributions of Neil (and Dawkins, and the like) are bad for the world. Science is a humanity, and only one, flawed, way of understanding things. Thank you, Dr Umm.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

Cancel Culture falsely implies the existence of culture.

[Paul Halpern @phalpern]

'I cannot seriously believe in [quantum mechanics] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in space and time, free from spooky actions at a distance.'

-Albert Einstein to Max Born
March 3, 1947

#histSTM

[Janna Levin @JannaLevin]

Musing about whether or not alien Life would develop eyes. If they do, their light detectors would be tuned to the spectrum of their star. So not likely the same range we see. Now I’m wondering if therefore we’d be invisible to each other.

[Ethan Siegel @StartsWithABang]

Why Do Physicists Say A Multiverse Has To Exist?
https://t.co/C2dW81WqK8
Have you ever wondered why physicists seem to take the existence of the multiverse for granted?

We might not ever be able to observe it, but it's clearly predicted by our best theories.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

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