Acceptance Quote by Douglas Yates

The common idea that scientists reject a theory as soon as it leads to a contradiction is just not so. When they get something…

— Vannevar Bush

A new scientific theory is seldom stated with such clarity by its original author, and usually takes many years to creep into public conciousness.

— John Ziman

A good scientific theory is one which is falsifiable, which has not been falsified.

— Richard Dawkins

If you can't think of an observation that could disprove a theory, that theory simply isn't scientific.

— Jerry A. Coyne

Theories are not rejected by cirsumstantial evidence: it takes a theory to beat a theory.

— George Stigler

There cannot be any impediment to science that will ultimately be good to the general public.

— Anonymous

Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric.

— Kary Mullis

Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.

— Dan Brown

“Widespread acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.”

— Dan Brown

The theory of science which permits and encourages the exclusion of so much that is true and real and existent cannot be considered a…

— Abraham Maslow

An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid.

— Ernest Rutherford

One does not ask whether a scientific theory is true, but only whether it is convenient.

— Henri Poincare