Adapted Quote by Noam Chomsky

But some of these theories are so bold that they can clash with reality: they are the testable theories of science. And when they…

— Karl Popper

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

Theories are like a stairway; by climbing, science widens its horizon more and more, because theories embody and necessarily include proportionately more facts as…

— Claude Bernard

To come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two different things, as the history of science teaches…

— Alfred North Whitehead

A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you…

— Hermann Bondi

“[Modern scientific] theories can necessarily never be more than hypothetical, since their starting-point is wholly empirical, for facts in themselves are always susceptible of…

— René Guénon

Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's…

— Steve Martin

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

Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin…

— Gene Wolfe

No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct...

— Karl Popper

One does not ask whether a scientific theory is true, but only whether it is convenient.

— Henri Poincare

There are huge areas where the human mind is apparently incapable of forming sciences, or at least has not done so. There are other…

— Noam Chomsky