Any theory that makes progress is bound to be initially…

“Darwin’s theory thus makes the testable prediction that whenever we use technology to glimpse reality beyond the human scale, our evolved intuition should break…

— Max Tegmark

My theory of what makes people likeable stars is that they're likeable.

— Rob Letterman

Even something as complex as the eye has appeared several times; for example, in the squid, the vertebrates, and the arthropods. It's bad enough…

— Frank B. Salisbury

It is only theory that makes men completely incautious.

— Bertrand Russell

I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.

— Malcolm D. Lee

“It’s only because the data force us into corners that we are inspired to create the highly counterintuitive structures that form the basis for…

— Sean Carroll

The principal barrier to a general acceptance of the monist position is that it is counterintuitive.

— Michael Shermer

“But this same dilemma comes up again and again in our own lives, and often we don't choose so wisely. The inverted-U curve reminds…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Counterintuitive actions prove we can trust real knowledge and do the opposite of what we feel makes sense.

— Penn Jillette

“Cathedral terminology was like stage directions—totally counterintuitive.”

— Dan Brown

I have found, without a doubt, that when I manage to get outside myself and not make myself the center, I'm always taken care…

— Patrick Fabian

“I'm convinced that the best solutions are often the ones that are counterintuitive - that challenge conventional thinking - and end in breakthroughs. It…

— Nathaniel J. Wyeth

Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.

— Mary Lou Retton

Among the important realizations I had in my own days in the practice room was that if any one route to any one phrase…

— Renee Fleming

Art is very subjective and having to put numbers on it seems counterintuitive.

— Mena Massoud