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.....These benefits, of course, explain why society has placed such emphasis on science and given such a high priority to verification as a means of knowing.
.....This priority was captured very well in a famous anecdote. The semanticist Wendell Johnson in the early part of the 20th century, noting that one of the great medieval disputes was over the question, 'How many angels can dance on the head of a pin,' answered it by saying, "Bring me the pin and bring me the angels and we'll see."
..........— David Zarefsky (1946 - ), American communication scholar and professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Quoted from his "Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning, 2nd Edition" course for The Teaching Company.
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