2007-04-08 13:07:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
"Science is a cemetery of dead ideas" doesn't really mean anything, it's only half a quote!
What Miguel de Unamuno actually said was;
"Science is a cemetery of dead ideas, Even though life may issue from them."
I think he was just being "poetic" about the way science generally progresses. The reality is, of course, that all science is just an approximate attempt to describe, explain, and predict reality, and steps closer to that goal are achieved every day...sometimes a "truer" explanation makes an earlier one look very silly indeed!
2007-04-08 13:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that science always finds contradictions to itself. For example, some of what was known as scientific fact centuries ago was found to be untrue. As science evolves further and advances more, the theorums and laws of today's science might be found lacking.
2007-04-08 20:13:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the person who said it is anti-science.
2007-04-08 21:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by gatorbait 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lot of theory's go unproven and are "buried" and never are seen again.
2007-04-08 20:11:59 · answer #4 · answered by CheezyYumYums 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋