Empirical evidence Quotes

There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world's present warming trend.

— Alexander Cockburn

Shamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality.…

— Michael Harner

In the first place a philosophical proposition must be general. It must not deal specially with things on the surface of the…

— Bertrand Russell

My brother the vampire, whose kiss was a slow death sentence, had a stable and loving relationship with a girl who was…

— Jim Butcher

It seems strange to make a priori arguments about the relative performance of governments and the markets in health care when there…

— John Quiggin

On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a…

— Dalai Lama

We need science. We need empirical evidence. We can't just use mathematical reasoning to deduce the nature of the world.

— Rebecca Goldstein

Evolutionary theory has nothing to say, in general, as to whether cheating is more advantageous than cooperating. There are many circumstances in…

— Noam Chomsky

History is replete with examples of what happens when any group of authorities do not have to answer to empirical evidence but…

— Robert Todd Carroll

The disparagement of empirical evidence in favor of a metaphysical world of illusion has its origin in the conflicy between the emancipated…

— Max Horkheimer

We [ with Edward Herman] believe that the empirical evidence we review there - and elsewhere, in a great deal of joint…

— Noam Chomsky

To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue.

— Dalai Lama

The richer people, when they get another $100,000, or another million, or 10 million, don't tend to spend it as much as…

— Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

There is no other proposition in economics that has more solid empirical evidence supporting it than the Efficient Market Hypothesis... In the…

— Michael Jensen

When I was younger, I'd get very empirical with myself. "I have a hypothesis about myself. I'll put myself in a situation,…

— Demetri Martin

These guys [liberals] will never tire of spending our money and will never hold themselves accountable for their boondoggles. For them the…

— David Limbaugh

Memeticists have to give empirical evidence to support the claim that, in the micro-processes of cultural transmission, elements of culture inherit all…

— Dan Sperber

I do believe that when we're in the process of dying, that all these emergency circuits in the brain take over. I…

— Stephen King

There is empirical evidence that leading brands that keep investing during recessions gain share.

— Ken Kaess

Louis Brandeis actually changes his mind about women's suffrage because he works with these brilliant women in the women's suffrage movement like…

— Jeffrey Rosen

In philosophical terms, the opposite of rationalism is not irrationalism but empiricism, that is, a willingness to form beliefs on the basis…

— John Quiggin

Given the ambiguity of religious texts and teachings, the mixed historical record, and the empirical evidence, it would be foolhardy to assert…

— Kenneth D. Wald

I have a standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution. My $250,000 offer…

— Kent Hovind

The really important thing is learning how to sceptically question and rely on empirical evidence.

— Lawrence M. Krauss

I'm all for empowerment and education, but the empirical evidence is that it doesn't work. That's why I say make it easy.

— Richard Thaler