Burden Quote by Paul Feyerabend

It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

— Albert Einstein

It is the theory which decides what we can observe

— Albert Einstein

“It is the theory which decides what can be observed”

— Albert Einstein

It is the theory that decides what we can observe.

— Albert Einstein

“The belief that science proceeds from observation to theory is still so widely and so firmly held that my denial of it is often…

— Karl R. Popper

In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge,…

— William Whewell

“The way of science is paved with discarded theories which were once declared self-evident;”

— Karl R. Popper

In these researches I followed the principles of the experimental method that we have established, i.e., that, in presence of a well-noted, new fact…

— Claude Bernard

“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

Observation always involves theory.

— Edwin Powell Hubble

“MERE ACCUMULATION OF OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE IS NOT PROOF.”

— Terry Pratchett

“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