Evidence Quote by Allen Steele

It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible.

— Thomas Huxley

“The practice of good science requires that when we observe something that doesn’t fit a hypothesis, these observations need to be reckoned with somehow.”

— Nina Teicholz

I am a scientist. I go where the facts take me.

— Willie Soon

I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute.

— Paul Klee

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make…

— Esther Hicks

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

I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming…

— Charles Darwin

The reason I spend so much of my time doing science is that the whole point of science is to help people resolve conflicting…

— Dean Ornish

It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

In science we kill our hypothesis instead of each other.

— Jonathan Rauch

“The successful development of science requires a proper balance to be maintained between the method of building up from observations and the method of…

— Paul A.M. Dirac

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