Accepting Quote by Frederick Seitz

Science differs from politics or religion, in precisely this one discipline: we agree in advance to simply reject our own findings when they have…

— Robert Pollack

We have to learn how scientists arrive at decisions. Once you use the scientific method, it doesn't mean that your decisions will be perfect.…

— Jacque Fresco

Disagreements are one of the fundamental positive aspects of science.

— Anthony Fauci

“In general, we look for a new law by the following process: First we guess it; then we compute the consequences of the guess…

— Richard P. Feynman

“I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me – I would go so far as to say that it’s…

— Ben Goldacre

“If the majority view, whether in government or in the scientific establishment, is wrong, toleration of dissent increases the odds that their errors will…

— Angus Menuge

Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas.

— Max Planck

If it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong.

— Richard P. Feynman

Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence. Much the…

— Richard Dawkins

“Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have. In this respect, as in many others, it's like…

— carl sagan

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

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken', and then they would actually…

— Dr Carl Sagan