Asks Quote by David Brin

“[Real scientist are delighted when they find out they are wrong. And to me that is one of the greatest gifts that a scientific…

— Brian Cox

“There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That's perfectly alright; it's the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting…

— Carl Sagan

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That’s perfectly all right: it’s the aperture to finding out what’s right. Science is a…

— Carl Sagan

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a…

— Dr Carl Sagan

When the wrong question is being asked, it usually turns out to be because the right question is too difficult. Scientists ask questions they…

— Richard Lewontin

There must be right and wrong answers to questions of morality and values that potentially fall within the purview of science. On this view,…

— Sam Harris

Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error, and is personal.

— Jacob Bronowski

“Rather than ask yourself if you are correct, it is far more realistic to think about how you are mistaken. Most humans have not…

— Kouhei Kadono

It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.

— Isaac Asimov

“No matter what the other person says, then take the bottom line out of it, everything in this world is ‘vyavasthit’ [result of scientific…

— Dada Bhagwan

Scientists make mistakes. Accordingly, it is the job of the scientist to recognize our weakness, to examine the widest range of opinions, to be…

— Carl Sagan

The freedom to make and admit mistakes is at the core of the scientific process. If we are asked to forswear error, or worse,…

— Robert Pollack