Certainty Quote by David Christian

“[Modern scientific] theories can necessarily never be more than hypothetical, since their starting-point is wholly empirical, for facts in themselves are always susceptible of…

— René Guénon

The scientist believes in proof without certainty.

— Ashley Montagu

“It is impossible to do science in the absence of a pre-existing theory. (p.125)”

— Kathryn Schulz

“So you don’t want to believe?” “With science, what I want is irrelevant. Proof of a hypothesis is all that matters.”

— A.G. Riddle

We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth

— Kenneth R. Miller

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

— Carlo Rovelli

“and I think (like you, by the way) that theory cannot be fabricated out of the results of observation, but that it can only…

— Albert Einstein

“...the absence of certainty does not mean that one interpretation is as valid as any other. Probabilities and plausibilities matter; and when the evidence…

— Mary Lefkowitz

“…once science had declared a thing possible, there was no escape from its eventual realization…”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“That's the whole point to the Scientific Method. It can never actually verify truth, but it can show what is not true.”

— Jim Haines

No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain… No scientific theory is sacrosanct...

— Karl Popper