Computers Quote by Alfred Tarski

A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true.

— Arthur C. Clarke

[Coining phrase "null hypothesis"] In relation to any experiment we may speak of this hypothesis as the "null hypothesis," and it should be noted…

— Ronald Fisher

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis,…

— Enrico Fermi

“Every time we prove a positive, we simultaneously prove an infinite number of negatives. Therefore, it is erroneous to declare that we can't prove…

— G.M. Jackson

A neat and orderly laboratory is unlikely. It is, after all, so much a place of false starts and multiple attempts.

— Isaac Asimov

There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then…

— Enrico Fermi

You can't prove any hypothesis, you can only improve or disprove it.

— Christopher Monckton

No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The kind of knowledge which is supported only by observations and is not yet proved must be carefully distinguished from the truth; it is…

— Leonhard Euler

This hypothesis (Parallel hypothesis) would not destroy itself at all easily.

— Johann Heinrich Lambert

If anyone offers conjectures about the truth of things from the mere possibility of hypotheses, I do not see by what stipulation anything certain…

— Isaac Newton

The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it.

— Karl Popper