Hypothesis Quotes

323 quotes by 232 authors

God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven? — David Hilbert
The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. — Thomas Huxley
The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a… — Carl Jung
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young. — Konrad Lorenz
Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one. — Konrad Lorenz
The hypothesis may be put forward, to be tested by the s subsequent investigation, that this development has been in large part a matter of… — Talcott Parsons
One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. — Jean Rostand
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants… — Edward Teller
The greatest problem for mathematicians now is probably the Riemann Hypothesis. — Andrew Wiles
It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The materialistic point of view in psychology can claim, at best, only the value of an heuristic hypothesis. — Wilhelm Wundt
Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong. — Francis Collins
My hypothesis is that conservative Republicans have very clear values, and when you have that, you're simply more relaxed. — Helen Fisher
For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. — Robert M. Pirsig
Perhaps civilization will never be safe until we care for something else more than we care for it. The hypothesis has certain facts to support… — C.S. Lewis
...it's my hypothesis that the individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power. The individual, with his identity… — Michel Foucault
What is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us… — Carl Sagan
If by religion we are to understand sectarian dogmas, in which no two of them agree, then your exclamation on that hypothesis is just, "that… — Thomas Jefferson
Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement. — Will Durant

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