Testable Quotes
17 quotes by 13 authors
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Science is a set of methods designed to describe and interpret observed or inferred phenomenon, past or present, and aimed at building a testable body…
— Michael Shermer
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The problem with intelligent-design theory, is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable. Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is…
— George Will
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Evolution is not a fact. Evolution doesn't even qualify as a theory or as a hypothesis. It is a metaphysical research program, and it is…
— Karl Popper
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I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme...
— Karl Popper
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Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental sensation, not a testable conclusion.…
— Robert A. Burton
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Science is not the affirmation of a set of beliefs but a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of knowledge constantly open…
— Michael Shermer
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Christianity is not a mere religion but an experimentally testable science.
— Frank J. Tipler
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I may say that (Being) love, in a profound but testable sense, creates the partner. it gives him a self-image, it gives him self-acceptance, a…
— Abraham Maslow
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Give us detailed, testable, mechanistic accounts for the origin of life, the origin of the genetic code, the origin of ubiquitous bio macromolecules and assemblages…
— William A. Dembski
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Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.
— David Deutsch
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But some of these theories are so bold that they can clash with reality: they are the testable theories of science. And when they clash,…
— Karl Popper
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Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast,…
— Paul Davies
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One very important aspect of string theory is definitely testable. That was the prediction of supersymmetry, which emerged from string theory in the early '70s.
— Edward Witten
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No one knows who wrote the laws of physics or where they come from. Science is based on testable, reproducible evidence, and so far we…
— Michio Kaku
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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
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Everything that people say is testable.
— Louis C. K.
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Modern secular thought has its own dualism: It treats only the physical world as knowable and testable, while locking everything else - mind, spirit, morality,…
— Nancy Pearcey
Who Wrote These Testable Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 17 Testable Quotes as follows: