Alternatives Quote by James Gleick

Doubt is clearly a value in science. It is important to doubt and that the doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing…

— Richard P. Feynman

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and…

— Richard P. Feynman

“We must surrender our skepticism only in the face of rock-solid evidence. Science demands a tolerance for ambiguity. Where we are ignorant, we withhold…

— Carl Sagan

The doubter is a true man of science: he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science.

— Claude Bernard

“Science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking; a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine…

— Carl Sagan

True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.

— Claude Bernard

“The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I think. When…

— Richard P. Feynman

Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.

— Robert K. Merton

The method of doubt must be applied to civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.

— Charles Fourier

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, first-hand…

— Leonardo da Vinci

There is no skepticism without science and the scientific method. It's about how we know what we know.

— Steven Novella