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Errors Quotes by Thomas Huxley
- It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors.
- Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
- The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable…
- It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodeling of the organism…
- The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
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- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
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- Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your… — Francis Bacon
- The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only… — John J. Pershing