Research Quote by Massimo Pigliucci

“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

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 argue that experiments have no special ability to produce more credible knowledge than other methods, and that actual experiments are frequently subject to…

— Angus Deaton

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

“Science is not simply a matter of observing the world, experimenting with its elements and drawing reasonable conclusions. Otherwise, we would have to recognize…

— Wolfi Landstreicher

Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools.

— Francis Bacon

“Science is not about building a body of known ‘facts’. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check,…

— Terry Pratchett

“Science is much better at finding things that exist than at ruling out things that don't.”

— Marcelo Gleiser

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.

— Bertrand Russell

“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

“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

“Science doesn't have all the answers, but it is good at spotting the important questions when they are camouflaged against a background of common…

— Richard Dawkins