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> [“I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-b-medawar/i-cannot-give-any-scientist-of-any-age-better-advice-than-this-the/)

[Peter B. Medawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-b-medawar/)

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> [ What the use of P \[the significance level\] implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true may be rejected because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-jeffreys/what-the-use-of-p-the-significance-level-implies-therefore-is-that-a/)

[Harold Jeffreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-jeffreys/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/harold-jeffreys-47480_being-true_what-the-use-of-p-the-significance-level_1333387.jpg)

> [Mr. Darwin's hypothesis is not, so far as I am aware, inconsistent with any known biological fact; on the contrary, if admitted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/mr-darwin-s-hypothesis-is-not-so-far-as-i-am-aware-inconsistent-with/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/thomas-huxley-1183_anatomy_mr-darwin-s-hypothesis-is-not-so-far-as_2631467.png)

> [I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-medawar/i-cannot-give-any-scientist-of-any-age-better-advice-than-this-the-2/)

[Peter Medawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-medawar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/peter-medawar-9996_advice_i-cannot-give-any-scientist-of-any-age-b_2875413.jpg)

> [The intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or false. The importance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-medawar/the-intensity-of-a-conviction-that-a-hypothesis-is-true-has-no/)

[Peter Medawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-medawar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/peter-medawar-9996_conviction_the-intensity-of-a-conviction-that-a-hyp_3024576.jpg)

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