A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: it must accurately describe a large class of observations on the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of… — Michael Behe Copy Share Image
Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
All our knowledge hast its origins in our perceptions … In nature there is no effect without a cause … Experience never… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Then he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." "And what type is that?" she… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
In the great debates of early-nineteenth century geology, catastrophists followed the stereotypical method of objective science-empirical literalism. They believed what they saw,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Being at NASA and having the access to both computing capability and satellite observation capability is kind of the ideal research situation… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The difference between being concerned and judging a life is how much one cares or not.Therefore to be concerned is better than… — Jackson Taviri Copy Share Image
“If you want to win this argument with Dad, look in chapter two of the first book of the Feynman Lectures on… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in… — Robert James Graves Copy Share Image
An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
Man does not limit himself to seeing; he thinks and insists on learning the meaning of phenomena whose existence has been revealed… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
I think the fashion industry, as a result of globalization, has undergone a uniformity. I'm not saying that's good or that's bad… — Patricia Field Copy Share Image
“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring… — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
I do not despise genius-indeed, I wish I had a basketful of it. But yet, after a great deal of experience and… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Just as an informal, nonscientific observation, most people's personalities don't seem to change very much during their lives. There are exceptions in… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I know not whether it would be too bold an assertion to say that candor makes capacity.... But in order to try… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . .… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
No one trusts a model except the man who wrote it; everyone trusts an observation, except the man who made it. — Harlow Shapley Copy Share Image
A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Over the years, whenever I've felt that little twinkle in the hairs on the back of my neck., as I encountered an… — Arnold Gingrich Copy Share Image
Awareness is observation without choice, condemnation, or justification. Awareness is silent observation from which there arises understanding without the experiencer and the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image