Hindsight Quote by Robert M. Pirsig

The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.

— Robert M. Pirsig

Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science.... This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single…

— Jacques Ellul

“The scientific method is the only authentic means at our command for getting at the significance of our everyday experiences of the world in…

— John Dewey

The scientific method is nearly perfect for understanding the physical aspects of our life. But it is a radically limited viewfinder in its inability…

— Huston Smith

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

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.

— Bertrand Russell

“The Scientific Method is a wonderful tool as long as you don't care which way the outcome turns; however, this process fails the second…

— Cristina Marrero

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is a difficult…

— Bertrand Russell

Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already…

— Anonymous

The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice and remember…

— Carol Tavris

If I think back to the eighties, my methods weren't conventional, but they got results.

— Marco Pierre White

The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it's just the best we have. And to abandon it, with its…

— Carl Sagan