Hypothesis Quotes

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For the world is an ever-elusive and ever-disappointing mirage only from the standpoint of someone standing aside from itâ€”as if it were quite other than… — Alan Watts
We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must… — Charles Darwin
There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished… — Christopher Hitchens
Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love. This is something… — Daniel Keyes
I tell you what youâ€™ll never really know: all the medical hypothesis that explained my brain will never be as true as these struck leaves… — Anne Sexton
I myself am convinced that the theory of evolution, especially to the extent to which it has been applied, will be one of the greatest… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times… — Stephen Hawking
Any strategy that attempts to reinforce faith by undermining science is also doomed to failure. Showing that some scientific theory is wrong will not prove… — Victor J. Stenger
A hypothesis or theory is clear, decisive, and positive, but it is believed by no one but the man who created it. Experimental findings, on… — Harlow Shapley
The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell… — William Whewell
One thing that makes the adventure of working in our field particularly rewarding, especially in attempting to improve the theory, is that... a chief criterion… — Murray Gell-Mann
Or if the hypothesis were offered us of a world in which Messrs. Fourier's and Bellamy's and Morris's Utopias should all be outdone, and millions… — William James
In science we kill our hypothesis instead of each other. — Jonathan Rauch
Modern science should indeed arouse in all of us a humility before the immensity of the unexplored and a tolerance for crazy hypotheses. — Martin Gardner
I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one… — Charles Darwin
As scientists you must keep your minds open. There is no use having blind faith in Me, in Sahaja Yoga, in anything because blindness will… — Nirmala Srivastava
Science is a magnificent force, but it is not a teacher of morals. It can perfect machinery, but it adds no moral restraints to protect… — William Jennings Bryan
...one need not, and should not, believe blindfolded in whatever is said about ascent or salvation, but should treat it like a hypothesis, and observe… — Nirmala Srivastava
The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word… — William Jennings Bryan
The real question is, Did God use evolution as His plan? If it could be shown that man, instead of being made in the image… — William Jennings Bryan

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