Evidence Quote by Willie Soon

Good science is more than the mechanics of research and experimentation. Good science requires that scientists look inward-to contemplate the origin of their thoughts.…

— Robert A. Burton

Good science requires distinguishing between "felt knowledge" and knowledge arising out of testable observations. "I am sure" is a mental sensation, not a testable…

— Robert A. Burton

“The practice of good science requires that when we observe something that doesn’t fit a hypothesis, these observations need to be reckoned with somehow.”

— Nina Teicholz

Science is the business of generating testable hypotheses.

— Michael Crichton

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

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

Good science is done by being curious in general, by asking questions all around, by acknowledging the likelihood of being wrong and taking this…

— Lewis Thomas

“These and similar examples are easy enough to uncover, and they make two crucial points: first, good science does not require experiments, it can…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“One way of thinking about science is that it’s a check against the natural human tendency to see patterns that might not be there.…

— Jason Fagone

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

— Konrad Lorenz

“Science itself is learning how to better exploit negative results.”

— John Brockman

When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is…

— Alice Dreger