Experiments Quote by Imre Lakatos

A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.

— Albert Einstein

“The textbook version is simple: experimenters find out things in the world, either by seeing them or by making them happen. Theorists try to…

— Konstantin Kakaes

“You make experiments and I make theories. Do you know the difference? A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it.…

— Albert Einstein

The true method of knowledge is experiment.

— William Blake

Every genuine test of a theory is an attempt to falsify it, or to refute it.

— Karl Popper

Experiment is the mother of knowledge.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.

— Lisa Randall

I argue that experiments have no special ability to produce more credible knowledge than other methods, and that actual experiments are frequently subject to…

— Angus Deaton

Experiment is the sole source of truth. It alone can teach us something new; it alone can give us certainty.

— Henri Poincare

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

— Thomas Malthus

Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.

— Richard P. Feynman

Experiment is the only means of knowledge at our disposal. Everything else is poetry, imagination.

— Max Planck