Cases Quote by Robert Barany

The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions.

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

Since mechanically obtained randomness contains all kinds of possible permutations, including the most regular ones, it cannot be relied upon always to exhibit a…

— Rudolf Arnheim

If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory,…

— Isaac Newton

Variation must be taken as random until there is positive evidence to the contrary.

— Harold Jeffreys

“undergoing anaesthetic-free root canal treatment at the hands of a drunk, Parkinson’s Disease-suffering dentist, for instance. Would have been a treat compared with this…

— Tracy Engelbrecht

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc.,…

— Anonymous

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

— Sidney Altman

Our experiments not only proved the existence of a nervous apparatus in the above-mentioned glands, but also disclosed some facts clearly showing the participation…

— Ivan Pavlov

Experiment is fundamentally only induced observation.

— Claude Bernard

The last time I had this much fun was a root-canal operation.

— Larry Ziegler

I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme…

— Pieter Zeeman

Isolated facts and experiments have in themselves no value, however great their number may be. They only become valuable in a theoretical or practical…

— Hermann von Helmholtz