Definitions Quote by George Gaylord Simpson

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

— Jose Padilha

“Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value, elly judgments of all kinds remain necessary.”

— Albert Einstein

“MERE ACCUMULATION OF OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE IS NOT PROOF.”

— Terry Pratchett

“Science and observation can only ever tell us the way that things are. They have no influence on the way that things should be.”

— Lewis N. Roe

“The practice of good science requires that when we observe something that doesn’t fit a hypothesis, these observations need to be reckoned with somehow.”

— Nina Teicholz

Science can only state what is, not what should be.

— Albert Einstein

Observations not only disturb what is to be measured, they produce it.

— Pascual Jordan

Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.

— Albert Einstein

But although in theory physicists realize that their conclusions are ... not certainly true, this ... does not really sink into their consciousness. Nearly…

— Anthony Standen

Science as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.

— William James

A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Not every statement by a scientist is a statement of science.

— John Lennox