Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
For decades, the men at Area 51 thought they'd take their secrets to the grave. At the height of the Cold War,… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world. For the falsificationist, If follows… — Alan F. Chalmers Copy Share Image
I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“The four stages of acceptance: 1. This is worthless nonsense. 2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view. 3. This… — J.B.S. Haldane Copy Share Image
Scientists can never be sure about the correctness of their theories. Every theory is just as good as the things it manages… — Sabelo Lan Mashabela Copy Share Image
“People easily become familiar with what you teach them practically than what you tell them verbally. Action fixes images in their minds… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“ Réduites à des théories générales, les mathématiques seraient une belle forme sans contenu. Reduced to general theories, mathematics would be a… — Henri Lebesgue Copy Share Image
You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something. — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
You know what I'm intrigued by? Like, space and wormholes and Stephen Hawking's theories and Richard Dawkins's theories. That's what I care… — Peaches Geldof Copy Share Image
One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's… — Mahendra Singh Dhoni Copy Share Image
Physics has a history of synthesizing many phenomena into a few theories. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
You see, time is an ocean, not a garden hose. Space is a puff of smoke, a wisp of cloud. — David Wong Copy Share Image
Scientists tend to build a reputation on refuting the theories of those who have gone before. Yet, whatever we hypothesize, observe, measure… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
To put it bluntly, there isn't one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore's success; its economy combines extreme features of capitalism… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“...While I rather doubt whether, as has often been claimed, everyone has at least one novel inside them, it is undeniably true… — Richard C. Cox Copy Share Image
There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works. — Charley Lau Copy Share Image
I love conspiracy theories. I used to just live on it. You know it's all hype and garbage, but you're still really… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
There's a few conspiracy theories that I believe in, but not too many. — Jason Ritter Copy Share Image
“History is a hermaphrodite with many distinguished lovers. We are neither mysteries nor strangers but the living breath of revelation made flesh… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“To understand this new frontier, I will have to try to master one of the most difficult and counterintuitive theories ever recorded… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
Textbook science is beautiful! Textbook science is comprehensible, unlike mere fascinating words that can never be truly beautiful. Elementary science textbooks describe… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
It is a matter for considerable regret that Fermat, who cultivated the theory of numbers with so much success, did not leave… — Adrien-Marie Legendre Copy Share Image
