Quote by Clayton M. Christensen

If the theory accurately predicts what they [scientists] see, it confirms that it's a good theory. If they see something that the theory didn't…

— Clayton Christensen

“When the evidence for an anomaly becomes overwhelming, and the anomaly cannot be easily accommodated by the existing scientific worldview, this is a very…

— Dean Radin

“Without clues, we search in the wrong directions. Without evidence, a theory is not reliable.”

— Carlo Rovelli

If you want to make better theory, you've got to use the best that's available and look through the lens of another discipline to…

— Clayton Christensen

“discovery starts with anomalies.”

— Richard H. Thaler

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

— Francis Crick

“Someone who thinks up a new theory is the last person who should be trusted with the job of testing it. A new theory…

— Judith Rich Harris

“metaphysics by showing that these theories are not just false, but unintelligible.”

— David Hume

The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have…

— John Polkinghorne

“Clues put us on the right path toward a correct theory. Strong evidence is that which subsequently allows us to trust whether the theory…

— Carlo Rovelli

The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.

— Albert Einstein

Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go…

— Richard Hamming