Confirmation Quote by Enrico Fermi

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

— Enrico Fermi

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis,…

— Enrico Fermi

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining.

— Bill Gaede

“With each step in the process, we used the method of science: Observe. Hypothesize. Predict. Experiment. Compare what you expected with what really happened.”

— Bill Nye

Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

— Arthur Eddington

There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then…

— Enrico Fermi

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

— Nate Silver

Prediction can never be absolutely valid and therefore science can never prove some generalization or even test a single descriptive statement and in that…

— Gregory Bateson

Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.

— Arthur Eddington

A prediction is a prediction because it's predictable.

— Robert Kiyosaki

A scientist naturally and inevitably ... mulls over the data and guesses at a solution. He proceeds to testing of the guess by new…

— Edwin Powell Hubble

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

— Thomas Malthus