Boxes Quote by Robert A. Burton

The hallmark of good science is the testing of a plausible hypothesis that is then either supported or rejected by the evidence.

— Willie Soon

Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of their thoughts.…

— Robert A. Burton

I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body of knowledge,'…

— Karl Popper

Educated guesswork' is what science is. You form hypotheses, test them against the evidence, and if they fit the evidence, you can assume you've…

— Alice Roberts

“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

Though we [Humanists] take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge, we are not critical of the source of ideas. Often intuitive feelings, hunches,…

— Fred Edwords

Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge.

— Aristotle

The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt. Precisely because we keep questioning everything, especially our own premises, we…

— Carlo Rovelli

Science does not give us absolute and final certainty. It only gives us assurance within the limits of our mental abilities and the prevailing…

— Ludwig von Mises

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

— Karl Popper

Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty -- some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain.

— Richard P. Feynman

“It is always necessary to jump up and down on the scaffold of knowledge to make sure it is solid. If you are skeptical…

— David Sloan Wilson