New Theory Quotes

19 quotes by 16 authors

The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking… — Kurt Lewin
First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be… — William James
There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent. — David M. Raup
The older theory was, marry an older man because they're more mature. But the new theory is men don't mature. Marry a younger one. — Rita Rudner
Relativity was a highly technical new theory that gave new meanings to familiar concepts and even to the nature of the theory itself. The general… — David C. Cassidy
What would it mean if there were a theory that explained everything? And just what does "everything" actually mean, anyway? Would this new theory in… — Ken Wilber
Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible. — Peter D. Mitchell
The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on falsifying… — Peter D. Mitchell
I have this new theory about films. Itâ€™s almost like astrology, where if we started on a Tuesday the film will be different than if… — Gus Van Sant
Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds… — Asa Gray
The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but… — Ernst Mayr
I have just got a new theory of eternity. — Albert Einstein
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain,… — Albert Einstein
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
In order to displace a prevailing theory or paradigm in science, it is not enough to merely point out what it cannot explain; you have… — Michael Shermer
My new theory on inertia doesn't seem to be gaining momentum. — Nikhil Saluja

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