Argument Quote by Thomas Campbell

It certainly seems too simple to say what I am going to say, yet it is almost as if you would be better off…

— Seth

The problem with assumptions is that we believe they are the truth.

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

We move from more or less plausible but really arbitrary assumptions, to elegantly demonstrated but irrelevant conclusions.

— Wassily Leontief

Most disagreements are the result of faulty assumptions.

— Geoff Tate

The logic of science was infallible, and if the scientists were sometimes mistaken, this was assumed to be only from their mistaking its rules.

— Robert M. Pirsig

There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a…

— Dr Carl Sagan

We can invent as many theories we like, and any one of them can be made to fit the facts. But that theory is…

— Albert Einstein

Indeed the reasoned criticism of a prevailing belief is a service to the proponents of that belief; if they are incapable of defending it,…

— Carl Sagan

It is often assumed that science starts from facts and eschews counter-factual theories. Nothing could be further from the truth. What is one of…

— Paul Feyerabend

“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

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.

— Will Durant

It is universally appreciated, I think, that theorists are able to tweak their assumptions in order to reach any conclusion they wish. The believability…

— David M. Kreps