Quotes About Proof

By far the best proof is experience.

That which is provable, ought not to be believed in science without proof.

The plural of anecdote is not data.

There are no creeds in mathematics.

One of the nice things about math and science is it's obvious, you get the answer or you don't get the answer.

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

I proved to you that psychiatry is an exact science!" "An exact science?!" "Yes, you owe me exactly one hundred and forty-three dollars!

Even one well-made observation will be enough in many cases, just as one well-constructed experiment often suffices for the establishment of a law.

What good your beautiful proof on the transcendence of Pi: Why investigate such problems, given that irrational numbers do not even exist?

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.

A very great deal more truth can become known than can be proven.

Someone has remarked that 'An ideal math talk should have one proof and one joke and they should not be the same'.

I should consider that I know nothing about physics if I were able to explain only how things might be, and were unable to demonstrate that they could not be otherwise.

Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it.

The whole point of faith, in fact, is to believe regardless of the evidence, which is the very antithesis of science.

The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it are mere dreams about dreams.

Simplification of modes of proof is not merely an indication of advance in our knowledge of a subject, but is also the surest guarantee of readiness for farther progress.

In science, nothing is ever 100% proven.

Science is a method, not a religion, yet it can be just as close-minded. Open minds here Claire. Always open minds. Question everything, accept nothing as fact until you prove it for yourself.

Belief is no substitute for arithmetic.

I think science is real.

The language of experiment is more authoritative than any reasoning: facts can destroy our ratiocination—not vice versa.

I have always loved to begin with the facts, to observe them, to walk in the light of experiment and demonstrate as much as possible, and to discuss the results.