Philosophy Quote by Kathryn Schulz

If the theory accurately predicts what they [scientists] see, it confirms that it's a good theory. If they see something that the theory didn't…

— Clayton Christensen

...As Thomas Kuhn pointed out in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, new scientific theories in any field are regarded with skepticism because scientists become…

— Marilyn Ferguson

The common idea that scientists reject a theory as soon as it leads to a contradiction is just not so. When they get something…

— Vannevar Bush

Kuhn was the intellectual of whom many scientists said he's 'telling it as is it is' insofar as talking about a process of 'tinkering'…

— Ian Hacking

Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories…

— Marvin Harris

The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on…

— Peter D. Mitchell

Most people like to believe something is or is not true. Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well. They believe the theory enough to go…

— Richard Hamming

“Theory in any branch of science entails a risk of detachment from reality”

— Quammen, David

We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is]…

— Robert Shapiro

“When the evidence for an anomaly becomes overwhelming, and the anomaly cannot be easily accommodated by the existing scientific worldview, this is a very…

— Dean Radin

It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.

— Ernst Mayr

“Data that did not fit the commonly accepted assumptions of a discipline would either be discounted or explained away for as long as possible.…

— Elizabeth Kolbert