Analysis Quote by Gary Becker

We move from more or less plausible but really arbitrary assumptions, to elegantly demonstrated but irrelevant conclusions.

— Wassily Leontief

To no surprise, the theories and structures of naturalistic science affirm naturalistic assumptions.

— Albert Mohler

“Intuition represents a concept which is made up from lots of ideas and assumptions, not all of which will be common to everyone.”

— Sylvia Clare

It is unwise to readily assume something all the time. Assumptions are almost never correct anyways.

— Isaiah Harden (Me

Theories can be based on any assumptions, however bizarre.

— Milton Friedman

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.

— Noam Chomsky

A theory's assumptions always are and ought to be unrealistic. Further, we should attempt to make them more unrealistic in order to increase a…

— Satoshi Kanazawa

“Beliefs and assumptions drive the perception.”

— Steven Redhead

Except for some effects that I attribute mostly to age, my intuitive thinking is just as prone to overconfidence, extreme predictions, and the planning…

— Daniel Kahneman

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

— Anonymous

Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles are suggested.

— John Henry Holland

Belief that influences behavior influences results.

— Tom Herman