Hypothesis Quote by Augustus De Morgan

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

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That’s perfectly all right: it’s the aperture to finding out what’s right. Science is a…

— Carl Sagan

If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.

— David Douglass

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

Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish…

— Isaac Newton

“There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That's perfectly alright; it's the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting…

— Carl Sagan

When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is…

— Alice Dreger

“Contrary to the rules of philosophers of science, who advise testing hypotheses by trying to refute them, people (and scientists, quite often) seek data…

— Daniel Kahneman

Experimental evidence is the final arbiter of right and wrong.

— Brian Greene

I argue that experiments have no special ability to produce more credible knowledge than other methods, and that actual experiments are frequently subject to…

— Angus Deaton

I am frequently astonished that it so often results in correct predictions of experimental results.

— Murray Gell-Mann

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a…

— Dr Carl Sagan