Conclusion Quote by Richard P. Feynman

Theories are not so much wrong as incomplete

— Isaac Asimov

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

— Francis Crick

A theory accepted by 99 percent of scientists may be wrong.

— Tom Bethell

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit your theories.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Another thing I must point out is that you cannot prove a vague theory wrong.

— Richard P. Feynman

Our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we do not take them seriously enough.

— Steven Weinberg

A theory's assumptions always are and ought to be unrealistic. Further, we should attempt to make them more unrealistic in order to increase a…

— Satoshi Kanazawa

This is often the way it is in physics - our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we…

— Steven Weinberg

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You can find yourself insensibly twisting them round to suit your theories.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Scientists can never be sure about the correctness of their theories. Every theory is just as good as the things it manages to predict…

— Sabelo Lan Mashabela

That theory is worthless. It isn't even wrong!

— Wolfgang Pauli

It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.

— Ernst Mayr