Black Quote by Edward Witten

Researchers argue that it's of utmost importance to unravel the nature of black holes, lest we someday begin to worship them. Sounds ridiculous, but…

— Eric Chaisson

“We don't really know whether there are black holes that emit observable amounts of Hawking radiation. Nevertheless, there is no way to overestimate the…

— Henning Genz

Scientists can never be sure about the correctness of their theories. Every theory is just as good as the things it manages to predict…

— Sabelo Lan Mashabela

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however…

— Mao Zedong

Theories are not so much wrong as incomplete

— Isaac Asimov

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

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

— Francis Crick

Einstein got most of the things right about black holes. I'm not an expert, I must admit.

— Brian May

If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous…

— Richard P. Feynman

Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it.

— Niels Bohr

A theory accepted by 99 percent of scientists may be wrong.

— Tom Bethell

“Where misunderstanding dwells, misuse will not be far behind. No theory in the history of science has been more misused and abused by cranks…

— Sean Carroll