Scientific Method Quotes

"I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking" "To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it’s going to work, it’s not an experiment." "Research is subordinated to knowledge as the means to the end" "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts" "The scientists of today have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality." "There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance" "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." "The scientific method is doing its job rendering old theories obsolete or true in scope than previously thought." "The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down" "When scientific evidence is given, reasoning is paramount." "In scientific thought, a process of verification arises out of the necessity of resolving the divergence of experience from the pre-established framework of knowledge " "The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer: the activity must lie in the phenomenon." "The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down" "Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down" "There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That’s perfectly all right; they’re the aperture to finding out what’s right."