Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities. George Boole acquaintanceaffectcertainty share on social
The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. Thomas Huxley backwardsfactoryforward Change image and share on social
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. Thomas Hobbes consequencedependencefact Change image and share on social
Right now, doctors can test for about 2,500 medical conditions, but they only can treat about 500 of those. So what do you do with the knowledge about the others? Nancy Gibbs conditiondoctorknowledge Change image and share on social
Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again. Cat Stevens commondividefeel Change image and share on social
The truth is that anyone, almost anyone, who receives the Nobel Prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that they may be a candidate. James Rothman candidateindirectknowledge Change image and share on social
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. J. J. Abrams ageentitlementinstant Change image and share on social
The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. Georg C. Lichtenberg attainbarbarismgreek Change image and share on social
I think the future of this planet depends on humans, not technology, and we already have the knowledge - we're kind of at the endgame with knowledge. But we're nowhere near the endgame when it comes to our perception. We still have one foot in the dark ages. Graham Hawkes agedarkdepend share on social
While Congress did not, to my knowledge, calculate aggregate dollar values for the nationwide effects of racial discrimination in 1964, in 1994 it did rely on evidence of the harms caused by domestic violence and sexual assault, citing annual costs of $3 billion in 1990 and $5 to $10 billion in 1993. David Souter aggregateannualassault share on social