"'Tis strange how like a very dunce, Man, with his bumps upon his sconce, Has lived so long, and yet no knowledge he Has had, till lately, of Phrenology— A science that by simple dint of Head-combing he should find a hint of, When scratching o'er those little pole-hills The faculties throw up like mole hills."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Thomas Hood, Craniology, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 597.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pseudoscience
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Pseudoscience
12 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Pseudoscience →
Related Quotes
"A good rule of thumb for diagnosing an activity as pseudoscientific is the existence of ad hoc explanations: “my tele…"
"Using the term pseudoscience, then, leads to unnecessary polarization, mistrust, disrespectfulness, and confusion aro…"
"Although pseudoscience is a fairly common epithet, it is not exactly universal. Scientists do not just call anything …"
"“Pseudoscience” is an empty category, a term of abuse, and there is nothing that necessarily links those dubbed pseud…"
"As long as we have science, we will have a process of demarcation that happens every day in the laboratories, field s…"
"There is an important lesson in this. All so-called pseudoscientists believe they are simply scientists, albeit ones …"
"We can sensibly build science policy only upon the consensus of the scientific community. This is not a bright line, …"
"Understanding the scientific fringe as a necessary shadow of the professional scientific consensus not only emphasize…"
"The problem of demarcation between science and pseudoscience has grave implications also for the institutionalization…"
"Through certain vagaries of history, some of which I have alluded to here, we have managed to conflate two quite dist…"