Data Quote by Ernest Sosa

Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people.

— Jose Padilha

Thus even supposedly unadulterated facts of observation already are interfused with all sorts of conceptual pictures, model concepts, theories or whatever expression you choose.…

— Ludwig von Bertalanffy

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

“Contrary to the rules of philosophers of science, who advise testing hypotheses by trying to refute them, people (and scientists, quite often) seek data…

— Daniel Kahneman

Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the…

— Albert Einstein

“The successful development of science requires a proper balance to be maintained between the method of building up from observations and the method of…

— Paul A.M. Dirac

Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to…

— Talcott Parsons

One scientist will interpret data one way, another in another way. One scientist may feel that an experiment is valid, another feels it's invalid.…

— Simon Singh

No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least…

— George Gaylord Simpson

Scientists who think science consists of unprejudiced data-gathering without speculation are merely cows grazing on the pasture of knowledge.

— Peter Medawar

“The truth is that science has not disproved the existence of God. Many eminent scientists find that their work and their faith are complementary.…

— Jon Morrison