Coffee Quote by Karl Popper

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make…

— Esther Hicks

Experiments are mediators between nature and idea.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A good hypothesis in science must have other properties than those of the phenomenon it is immediately invoked to explain, otherwise it is not…

— William James

“To produce a valuable observation, one has first to have an idea of what to observe, a preconception of what is possible. Scientific advances…

— François Jacob

The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice and remember…

— Carol Tavris

The interpretation of facts in a certain way stimulates other scientists' thoughts.

— Robert Barany

“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

Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.

— Michael Shermer

Scientific experiments are expensive, and people are entitled to know about them if they want to. I think it is very difficult to convey…

— Lisa Randall

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

— Nate Silver

I think we perhaps are, with sleep, where we were with smoking about 50 years ago, in that we had all of the science,…

— Matthew Walker

“One way of thinking about science is that it’s a check against the natural human tendency to see patterns that might not be there.…

— Jason Fagone