Errors Quote by Thomas Huxley

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

— Thomas Huxley

Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of scientists abstaining…

— Sam Harris

Far from being demeaning to human spiritual values, scientific rationalism is the crowning glory of the human spirit. Of course you can use the…

— Richard Dawkins

Reliable scientific knowledge is value free and has no moral or ethical value. Science tells us how the world is. ... Dangers and ethical…

— Lewis Wolpert

One should believe only what can be chosen to be true or just. Irrational (or unjustified) beliefs should be avoided because they can have…

— Mario Bunge

If we ought not to fear mortal truth, still less should we dread scientific truth. In the first place it can not conflict with…

— Henri Poincare

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

If religious beliefs and opinions are found contrary to the standards of science they are mere superstitions and imaginations

— Abdu'l-Bahá

“Science is not about building a body of known ‘facts’. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check,…

— Terry Pratchett

“A scientific fact has no value to me unless it can be implemented to improve human condition.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Scientists seem to say something like this: The value of science is beyond question. That means that we have to minimize its catastrophic dangers.…

— Yuval Kanev, Helpless Earth: Reckless Science

“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do…

— Charles Darwin