The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
Milton Friedman (1912 - 2006)
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
John Dalberg-Acton (1834 - 1902)
...if the difference isn't different enough to make a difference, what's the difference?
Victor Chew (1923 - )
There are two possible outcomes: If the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954)
For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses.
Robert M. Pirsig (1928 - )
Hypotheses, like professors, when they are seen not to work any longer in the laboratory, should disappear.
Henry Edward Armstrong (1848 - 1937)
Old statisticians never die - they just become nonsignificant.
Gary C. Ramseyer (1934 - 2012)
The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.
Konrad Lorenz (1903 - 1989)
The number of degrees of freedom is usually self-evident - except for the analysis of data that have not appeared in a textbook.
David Durand (1912 - 1996).