Hypothesis Quote by Sidney Altman

A good hypothesis in science must have other properties than those of the phenomenon it is immediately invoked to explain, otherwise it is not…

— William James

Although to penetrate into the intimate mysteries of nature and thence to learn the true causes of phenomena is not allowed to us, nevertheless…

— Leonhard Euler

A hypothesis or theory is clear, decisive, and positive, but it is believed by no one but the man who created it. Experimental findings,…

— Harlow Shapley

It reveals to me the causes of many natural phenomena that are entirely incomprehensible in the light of the generally accepted hypotheses. To refute…

— Galileo Galilei

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

A nice adaptation of conditions will make almost any hypothesis agree with the phenomena. This will please the imagination but does not advance our…

— Joseph Black

I must begin, not with hypothesis, but with specific instances, no matter how minute.

— Paul Klee

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make…

— Esther Hicks

It appears, then, to be a condition of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, that it be not destined always to remain an hypothesis, but be…

— John Stuart Mill

New knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of evolution of more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that this theory…

— Pope John Paul II

The simplest and most obvious cause which can there be assigned for any phenomena, is probably the true one.

— David Hume

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

— Ernst Mayr