Scientific Method Quotes

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It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect… — Karl Popper
Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already known,… — Archibald Garrod
Science is not, as so many seem to think, something apart, which has to do with telescopes, retorts, and test-tubes, and especially with nasty smells,… — Archibald Garrod
The process that I want to call scientific is a process that involves the continual apprehension of meaning, the constant appraisal of significance accompanied by… — Percy Williams Bridgman
[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it... — Henri Frederic Amiel
From Roger Bacon, the 13th century Franciscan who pioneered the scientific method, to George Lemaitre, the 20th century Belgian priest who first developed a mathematical… — Kenneth R. Miller
Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is — J. Allen Hynek
Intelligence is important in psychology for two reasons. First, it is one of the most scientifically developed corners of the subject, giving the student as… — Raymond Cattell
There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all-important,… — Robert A. Heinlein
The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice and remember evidence… — Carol Tavris
Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer… — Al Gore
This means that to entrust to science - or to deliberate control according to scientific principles - more than scientific method can achieve may have… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. — Thomas Huxley
In politics, religion and other areas of culture, people disagree on the worth of competing ideas. There is no equivalent to the scientific method that… — Nathan Myhrvold
Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing… — Robert M. Pirsig
When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails. One need only think… — Albert Einstein
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind… — Neil Postman
It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew to accomplish that,… — Ann Druyan
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if… — Carl Sagan
The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasnâ€™t misled you into thinking you know something you actually donâ€™t know. — Robert M. Pirsig

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