Confidence Quote by Arthur Eddington

Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is a good…

— Arthur Eddington

Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

— Arthur Eddington

The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought…

— William Whewell

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

— Albert Einstein

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer has also…

— Joao Magueijo

The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to…

— William Whewell

Earlier attempts to show that simpler theories always have higher prior probabilities have failed, but there is a restricted circumstance in which the claim…

— Elliott Sober

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

— Albert Einstein

From the dawn of exact knowledge to the present day, observation, experiment, and speculation have gone hand in hand; and, whenever science has halted…

— Anonymous

I am not accustomed to saying anything with certainty after only one or two observations.

— Andreas Vesalius

It is the theory which decides what we can observe

— Albert Einstein