Approach Quote by Gavin Reid

“The scientific method is nothing more than a system of rules to keep us from lying to each other.”

— Ken Norris

The education of young people in science is at least as important, maybe more so, than the research itself.

— Glenn T. Seaborg

[I shall not] discuss scientific method, but rather the methods of scientists. We proceed by common sense and ingenuity. There are no rules, only…

— Joel Henry Hildebrand

Science is nothing more than a method of inquiry. The method says an assertion is valid - and will be universally accepted - only…

— Michael Crichton

Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science… This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single…

— Jacques Ellul

That the great majority of those who leave school should have some idea of the kind of evidence required to substantiate given types of…

— John Dewey

“The method of science, as stodgy and grumpy as it may seem, is far more important than the findings of science.”

— Carl Sagan

It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific process works.…

— Priyamvada Natarajan

“You can always try another approach; even change your subject when a scientific strategy or experiment fails.”

— Ada Yonath

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for…

— Robert M. Pirsig

“There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That's perfectly alright; it's the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting…

— Carl Sagan

“The scientific method is the only authentic means at our command for getting at the significance of our everyday experiences of the world in…

— John Dewey