Assumptions Quote by Lewis N. Roe

“We can't prove anything in science. But the best that scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they…

— Richard Dawkins

“the only good reason to believe that something exists is if there is real evidence that it does.”

— Richard Dawkins

“There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That's perfectly alright; it's the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting…

— Carl Sagan

“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

“So you don’t want to believe?” “With science, what I want is irrelevant. Proof of a hypothesis is all that matters.”

— A.G. Riddle

“That's the whole point to the Scientific Method. It can never actually verify truth, but it can show what is not true.”

— Jim Haines

“The fact that establishment scientists say something doesn’t exist doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It only means that science has no effective way to…

— Laurie Nadel

“Next time somebody tells you that something is true, why not say to them: 'What kind of evidence is there for that?' And if…

— Richard Dawkins

“In science, you move closer to the truth by seeking evidence to the contrary. Perhaps the same method should inform your opinions as well.”

— David McRaney

“Without clues, we search in the wrong directions. Without evidence, a theory is not reliable.”

— Carlo Rovelli

“I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no…

— Peter B. Medawar

“MERE ACCUMULATION OF OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE IS NOT PROOF.”

— Terry Pratchett