Authors:
  • Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are changed by observation, the way in which observation interferes is regular and falls within a limited range of possibilities. Human culture, however, has the nasty habit of never staying the same for very long.

    "The science of ignorance" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2008.