Testable Quotes

17 quotes by 13 authors

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
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
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
I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme... — Karl Popper
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
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
Christianity is not a mere religion but an experimentally testable science. — Frank J. Tipler
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
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
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests. — David Deutsch
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
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
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
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
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
Everything that people say is testable. — Louis C. K.
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

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