Predictions Quote by Murray Gell-Mann

Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

— Arthur Eddington

Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.

— Arthur Eddington

“people often make correct predictions on the basis of erroneous beliefs and defective prediction strategies.”

— Lee Ross

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

— Ernst Mayr

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

Scientists often seek predictively accurate models, rather than models that are true.

— Elliott Sober

In fact, scientific results are a careful attempt to objectively measure reality, and although they may be refined over time, they are always our…

— Simon Singh

“Correct predictions result in understanding. Incorrect predictions result in confusion and prompt you to pay attention.”

— Steven Kotler

Experimental science hardly ever affords us more than approximations to the truth; and whenever many agents are concerned we are in great danger of…

— Humphry Davy

I do love that discovery of when you're trying to figure out how to make something work, and it happens in a way that…

— Lynne Rae Perkins

There is no more common error than to assume that, because prolonged and accurate mathematical calculations have been made, the application of the result…

— Alfred North Whitehead

“It is amusing to poke fun at the experts when their predictions fail. However, we should be careful with our Schadenfreude. To say our…

— Nate Silver