Activity Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to…

— Jules Verne

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

— Hugh Walpole

The freedom to make and admit mistakes is at the core of the scientific process. If we are asked to forswear error, or worse,…

— Robert Pollack

Science, my boy, is composed of errors, but errors that it is right to make, for they lead step by step to the truth.

— Jules Verne

The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

— Walter Lippmann

In science, mistakes always precede the truth

— Horace Walpole

I think mistakes are the essence of science and law. It's impossible to conceive of either scientific progress or legal progress without understanding the…

— Alan Dershowitz

“Science, great, mighty and in the end unerring, science has fallen into many errors - errors which have been fortunate and useful rather than…

— Jules Verne

Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error.

— Thomas Jefferson

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little…

— Jules Verne

Here's a news flash: scientists can be wrong. That's no big deal (unless the scientist is you), since research is self-correcting. Consequently, most errors…

— Seth Shostak

Error is just as important a condition of life's progress as truth

— Carl Jung