About Quote by Ben Goldacre

Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence,…

— Ben Goldacre

Those in science perform research, have it reviewed by their peers, publish the results, and believe the answer should be obvious.

— Bill Foster

[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no rules, only…

— Joel Henry Hildebrand

Science differs from politics or religion, in precisely this one discipline: we agree in advance to simply reject our own findings when they have…

— Robert Pollack

Science is nothing more than a method of inquiry. The method says an assertion is valid - and will be universally accepted - only…

— Michael Crichton

Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process…

— Michael Polanyi

This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more…

— Michael Polanyi

For the educated, the authority of science rested on the strictness of its methods; for the mass, it rested on the powers of explanation.

— Jacques Barzun

“Science thrives on errors, cutting them away one by one. False conclusions are drawn all the time, but they are drawn tentatively. Hypotheses are…

— Carl Sagan

Science isn't done by consensus. It's done by rigorous testing.

— Orson Scott Card

Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a…

— Carl Sagan