Certainty Quote by Ashley Montagu

The scientist believes in proof without certainty.

— Ashley Montagu

The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof.

— Ashley Montagu

That which is provable, ought not to be believed in science without proof.

— Richard Dedekind

Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.

— Bill Nye

“No scientific theory can claim absolutely certainty.”

— David Christian

The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we…

— Carlo Rovelli

Does not science prove that there is no Creator?

— Paul Moody

Why, then, do I continue to claim that creationism isn't science? Simply because these relatively few statements have been tested and conclusively refuted.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental abilities and the prevailing…

— Ludwig von Mises

Our creationist detractors charge that evolution is an unproved and unprovable charade — a secular religion masquerading as science. They claim, above all, that…

— Stephen Jay Gould

The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an…

— L. Harrison Matthews

As a scientist, I don't believe science will ever discover whether God exists. Nor do I believe religion will ever prove it.

— Alan Lightman