Explanation Quote by David Deutsch

The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.

— Muhammad Ali

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

— Karl Popper

“Good testing involves balancing the need to mitigate risk against the risk of trying to gather too much information.”

— Gerald M. Weinberg

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding

— Burt Rutan

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.

— Terry Brooks

“Testing assumptions allows you the power to create possibilities.”

— Lisa Mininni

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.

— David Deutsch

“Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.”

— H.L. Mencken

We prefer to find an explanation for why things are not perfect, and these rarely stand up to close scrutiny.

— Charlie Campbell

“Research has found that when you ask a person to test something for you, they place it under the microscope. They see things that,…

— Herb Sorensen

“There's never an easy answer to the question "Should we do more testing?" because information can guide risk reduction, but doesn't necessarily do so.”

— Gerald M. Weinberg

As always, testing can only give you ideas on where you are. And it can also mislead you.

— Robert Kubica