“Science Is The Poetry Of Reality.”

 "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.“

Robert Oppenheimer did not say this when he witnessed the culmination of the Trinity Project but instead said in a television interview that he was reminded at the time of the line from the ancient scripture. But of course it is much better to imagine him whispering it in quiet awe.

“And then in the worst moment I hope there is someone holding my hand and say everything will be okay.”

— thoughtkick (via thoughtkick)

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“Question authority; no idea is true just because someone says so, including me. Think for yourself. Question yourself; don’t believe anything just because you want to. Believing something doesn’t make it so. Test ideas by the evidence gained from observation and experiment. If a favorite idea fails a well designed test, it’s wrong, get over it. Follow the evidence, wherever it leads. If you have no evidence, reserve judgment. Remember, you could be wrong.”

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

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“An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature’s answer.”

— Max Planck

German scientists to begin identifying Nazi victims’ brain specimens 

German scientists are to begin identifying thousands of brain specimens belonging to people killed by the Nazis because they had a disability or were ill.

The three-year research project into the specimens in the Max Planck institutes’ possession, which will begin in June, aims to build a database listing the names of all “euthanasia” victims. “It will include basic biographical data on the victims, their institutional treatment, and the criteria used to select the victims,” the Munich-based, non-profit Max Planck Society said in a statement.

“The manner of their death will also be documented along with data on the removal of the brain … and the research carried out on [it].”

Adolf Hitler’s so-called “euthanasia” programme, in which doctors and scientists actively participated, sought to exterminate the sick, physically and mentally disabled people, those with learning disabilities and those considered social “misfits”.

Between January 1940 and August 1941, doctors systematically gassed more than 70,000 people at six sites in German-controlled territory, until public outrage forced them to end the overt killing. But tens of thousands more died across Europe before the Nazis were defeated in 1945, through starvation, neglect or deliberate overdoses administered by caregivers. Many also underwent bizarre medical experiments and forced sterilisations because of their supposed genetic inferiority.

Hitler’s programme sought to exterminate physically and mentally disabled people and those considered ‘misfits’. Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images

“Be a fucking kid. Don’t care. Don’t try to get people’s attention. Build your shit, people will find you. Have your essence come through your art and have your art speak loud.”

— Sonny Moore (Skrillex)