Advice Quote by Peter Medawar

“I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no…

— Peter B. Medawar

The intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing on whether it is true or false. The importance of the…

— Peter Medawar

When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.

— Amy Dickinson

“In science, you move closer to the truth by seeking evidence to the contrary. Perhaps the same method should inform your opinions as well.”

— David McRaney

“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

[One's] inability to invalidate your hypothesis is not at all the same thing as proving it true.

— Carl Sagan

“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

It often seems to me that's all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again." Yes, it is very true, that.…

— Agatha Christie

“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do…

— Charles Darwin

Something that I love about scientific truths is that they are true - but not fact. They're true until proven otherwise.

— Tom Sandoval

“That's the whole point to the Scientific Method. It can never actually verify truth, but it can show what is not true.”

— Jim Haines

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do…

— Charles Darwin