Belief Quote by Robert A. Burton

“being mostly correct and decisive typically yields better results than taking the time to figure out what is perfectly correct.”

— Richard Koch

Whatever we thought was certain is no longer certain, and therefore in science probably certain things must be correct, but in human behaviour I…

— Elie Wiesel

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

We have to learn how scientists arrive at decisions. Once you use the scientific method, it doesn't mean that your decisions will be perfect.…

— Jacque Fresco

Most of us think that we are 'better than average' in most things. We are also 'miscalibrated,' meaning that our sense of the probability…

— Richard Thaler

The scientific method actually correctly uses the most direct evidence as the most reliable, because that's the way you are least likely to get…

— Aubrey de Grey

Certainty is not biologically possible. We must learn (and teach our children) to tolerate the unpleasantness of uncertainty. Science has given us the language…

— Robert A. Burton

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

— Orison Swett Marden

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

— Willie Soon

“There are many hypotheses in science that are wrong. That's perfectly alright; it's the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting…

— Carl Sagan

“Sadly, the words "reliable" and "accurate" can rarely be applied to the workings of the brain, particularly for memory.”

— Dean Burnett

“For example, a set of twenty-five studies involving five hundred astrologers examined the average degree of agreement between astrological predictions. In social science, such…

— Massimo Pigliucci