Hypothesis Quotes · Page 9

Any theory, hypothesis, philosophy, sect, creed or institution that fears investigation, openly manifests its own error.

— Andrew Jackson Davis

Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral…

— William Jennings Bryan

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.

— Milton Friedman

Given any rule, however "fundamental" or "necessary" for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the…

— Paul Feyerabend

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a great invention by calling their activities hypotheses and…

— Edwin Land

In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism (hypothesis of natural selection)…

— Santiago Ramon y Cajal

I intend to discuss some perplexing issues which are raised once we embrace the hypothesis that society can be deschooled; to search…

— Ivan Illich

Today, we cannot produce machines that fly the same as UFOs do. They are flying by means of artificial fields of Gravity.…

— Hermann Oberth

How can this strange story of God made flesh, of a crucified Savior, of resurrection and new creation become credible for those…

— Lesslie Newbigin

If we consistently act on the optimistic hypothesis, this hypothesis will tend to be realised; whilst by acting on the pessimistic hypothesis…

— John Maynard Keynes

[The] first postulate of the Principle of Uniformity, namely, that the laws of nature are invariant with time, is not peculiar to…

— M. King Hubbert

The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of…

— August Kekule

Knowledge in the Internet Age - networked knowledge - is becoming more like what knowledge has been in the past few hundreds…

— David Weinberger

The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural…

— Karl Popper

“It necessarily follows that chance alone is at the source of every innovation, and of all creation in the biosphere. Pure chance,…

— Jacques Monod

If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution.…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I take the market-efficiency hypothesis to be the simple statement that security prices fully reflect all available information.

— Eugene Fama

You must not say that this cannot be, or that that is contrary to nature. You do not know what Nature is,…

— Charles Kingsley

The scientific discovery appears first as the hypothesis of an analogy; and science tends to become independent of the hypothesis.

— William Kingdon Clifford

All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not…

— David Hume

And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper…

— David Hume

But what a weak barrier is truth when it stands in the way of an hypothesis!

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Science is much more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking. This is central to its success. Science…

— Carl Sagan

You discover your true faith when you start flowing with your conscience. After lessons, visions, and theories validate themselves to you, you…

— Suzy Kassem

My working hypothesis is that stupidity in popular culture is a constant. Popular culture cannot get more stupid.

— P. J. O'Rourke