Believe Quote by Albert Einstein

“Simpler theories may be more convenient to work with, but they are not intrinsically more probable than complex ones.”

— Samir Okasha

If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory…

— Charles Darwin

“However we select from nature a complex (of phenomena) using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn out to…

— Albert Einstein

You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.

— Richard Holbrooke

A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you…

— Hermann Bondi

“What is surely impossible is that a theoretical physicist, given unlimited computing power, should deduce from the laws of physics that a certain complex…

— Steven Weinberg

Certainly, it may bring to light such a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter as to constitute a veritable discontinuity in the progress…

— Ernest Lawrence

At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory…

— Val Logsdon Fitch

However we select from nature a complex [of phenomena] using the criterion of simplicity, in no case will its theoretical treatment turn out to…

— Albert Einstein

No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct...

— Karl Popper

“Perhaps, then, the most surprising consequence of a visionary Theory of Everything is that it implies that on the grand scale the universe, including…

— Geoffrey West

“[Modern scientific] theories can necessarily never be more than hypothetical, since their starting-point is wholly empirical, for facts in themselves are always susceptible of…

— René Guénon