Science Quote by Nina Teicholz

“But anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact, rarely get as far as…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

“Observations are determined by the ability to fully perceive actually what exists rather that what is believed or desired to be real.”

— Steven Redhead

“Science and observation can only ever tell us the way that things are. They have no influence on the way that things should be.”

— Lewis N. Roe

“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

“Contrary to the rules of philosophers of science, who advise testing hypotheses by trying to refute them, people (and scientists, quite often) seek data…

— Daniel Kahneman

“When looking for evidence that something exists, it's silly to start by assuming that it is impossible. Taking any assumptions into study is bad…

— Lewis N. Roe

“The successful development of science requires a proper balance to be maintained between the method of building up from observations and the method of…

— Paul A.M. Dirac

In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary…

— Isaac Newton

“These and similar examples are easy enough to uncover, and they make two crucial points: first, good science does not require experiments, it can…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“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

“When a hypothesis enters a scientist's mind, he checks it by calculation and experiment, that is, by the mimicry and the pantomime of truth.…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Difficulties arise when reported observations seem to conflict with 'facts' that the majority of scientists accept as established and immutable. Scientists tend to reject…

— Ian Stevenson