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    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 self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny.

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Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Science Quotes,
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
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The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error.

by Bertolt Brecht Found in: Science Quotes,
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

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Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Science Quotes,
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If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely read more

If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the
art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.

by Peter B. Medawar Found in: Science Quotes,
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The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.

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Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.

Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.

by Dave Barry Found in: Science Quotes,
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Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's
living at it.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's
living at it.

by Sir Humphrey Davy Found in: Science Quotes,
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In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea read more

In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs

by Francis Darwin Found in: Science Quotes,
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