Experience Quote by Jules Verne

Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.

— Jules Verne

“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes; but of mistakes which lead to the discovery of truth.”

— Jules Verne

In science, mistakes always precede the truth

— Horace Walpole

The only people, scientific or other, who never make mistakes are those who do nothing.

— Thomas Huxley

Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor…

— George Sarton

“The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science…

— Karl R. Popper

Here's a news flash: scientists can be wrong. That's no big deal (unless the scientist is you), since research is self-correcting. Consequently, most errors…

— Seth Shostak

Newton, Einstein, and every other great scientist in history...They all made mistakes. Of course they did. They're human! Science is a way to keep…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Scientists make mistakes. Accordingly, it is the job of the scientist to recognize our weakness, to examine the widest range of opinions, to be…

— Carl Sagan

The freedom to make and admit mistakes is at the core of the scientific process. If we are asked to forswear error, or worse,…

— Robert Pollack

Science is the process of making obviously erroneous ideas less obviously erroneous.

— Albert Einstein

Science is not perfect. It's often misused; it's only a tool, but it's the best tool we have. Self-correcting , ever changing, applicable to…

— Carl Sagan