Differences Quote by Pierre-Simon Laplace

There is no more common error than to assume that, because prolonged and accurate mathematical calculations have been made, the application of the result…

— Alfred North Whitehead

To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting…

— Charles Babbage

It is common error to infer that things which are consecutive in order of time have necessarily the relation of cause and effect.

— Jacob Bigelow

The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought…

— William Whewell

It is expected that there will be discrepancies between models and observations. However, why these arise and what one should conclude from them are…

— Gavin Schmidt

Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured originally; but…

— Richard Hamming

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

— Alexis Carrel

The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the…

— Norman Ralph Augustine

All errors spring up in the neighborhood of some truth; they grow round about it, and, for the most part, derive their strength from…

— Thomas Binney

The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning.

— Stephen Jay Gould

In cases of major discrepancy its always reality thats got it wrong ... reality is frequently inaccurate.

— Douglas Adams