Quote by Dean Radin

Every science is made up entirely of anomalies rearranged to fit.

— R. A. Lafferty

“We have such a terrible, terrible misconception of science. We think it involves the definite, the precise, the known; it is a horrid series…

— Anne Rice

“One of the best ways to probe whether you can trust the advice that a theory is offering you is to look for anomalies—something…

— 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

I think the most fundamental error we make is mistaking a noisy, anomalous event for the norm. This happens all the time - in…

— Stephen J. Dubner

“discovery starts with anomalies.”

— Richard H. Thaler

“Here is Thomas Kuhn, the philosopher of science, describing the way scientists react when their pet theories are unraveling: “What scientists never do when…

— Kathryn Schulz

“When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly to start by assuming that it is impossible. Taking any assumptions into study is bad…

— Lewis N. Roe

“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

Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject…

— Ian Stevenson

“There is an inexplicable sense of relief in being proven wrong, which perhaps can only be realized by either a scientist or a philosopher.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Extraordinary observations require extraordinary evidence to make them believable.

— Carl Sagan