Robert N. Proctor (1954) American historian
Source: Value-free science?: Purity and power in modern knowledge, 1991, p. 13
“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.”
Source: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
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Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter
"Doing What I Know" (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "Doing What I Know" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlkC9AFrSNU (song on YouTube)
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Joshua Ferris Then We Came to the End
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“I do not always know what I want, but I do know what I don't want.”
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Chuck Klosterman Eating the Dinosaur
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“Science is what we do when we don't know what we're doing.”
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Alvaro De Rujula, quoted in "Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XbKZwXK-3c; this quote can be heard at approximately 3:55 to 4:15 in the video. It is important to note, it could be taken out of context. It implies that science is what we use when we do not know the answer to something.
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
