Destruction Quote by Peter D. Mitchell

In science we kill our hypothesis instead of each other.

— Jonathan Rauch

Every experiment destroys some of the knowledge of the system which was obtained by previous experiments.

— Werner Heisenberg

I have a theory that theories are destructive.

— Carl Whitaker

No experimental result can ever kill a theory: any theory can be saved from counterinstances either by some auxiliary hypothesis or by a suitable…

— Imre Lakatos

The final outcome cannot be known, either to the originator of a new theory, or to his colleagues and critics, who are bent on…

— Peter D. Mitchell

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

— Jules Verne

Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of science will…

— Claude Bernard

Men who believe too firmly in their theories, do not believe enough in the theories of others. So ... these despisers of their fellows…

— Claude Bernard

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong…

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

“Scientific truth is characterized by its exactness and the rigorous quality of its assumptions. But experimental science wins these admirable qualities at the cost…

— José Ortega y Gasset

The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.

— Manly Hall

“Is the destruction not, rather, irrefutable proof that the catastrophes which develop, so to speak, in our hands and seem to break out suddenly…

— W.G. Sebald