Quotes About Speculation

It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science -- it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be wrong," joked Lord Rees, Astronomer Royal and the former president of the Royal Society, at Wired 2013.

Finally, and most importantly, we must be concerned about the implications of multiverse theories for the future development of science itself. The multiverse theorists know that they are on weak ground regarding the Testability Principle, and rather than admit that their theories are not science, they argue instead that the rules of science must be adapted to accommodate this kind of metaphysical speculation. They want to change the very definition of science. This is a very slippery slope.

Paranoia—because why should the conspiracy theorists get to have all the fun?

Wealthy Christians talk about the poor but have no friends who are poor. So they merely speculate on the reasons for their condition, often placing the blame on the poor themselves.

In the absence of knowledge, the mind is an amazing Tilt-A-Whirl of worst-case scenarios.

Rumors. They are there to be denied, or if the market is open, to be traded on.

empty speculation "advances" every day, and this is the essence of the history of all the natural sciences, human philosophies, and non-Christian religions.

The news of my death is greatly exaggerated.

There is general agreement among researchers that nearly all stock pickers, whether they know it or not-and few of them do-are playing a game of chance.

When communication in unclear speculations takes precedence.

My theory about Taylor Swift is that she's a virgin, that everyone breaks up with her because they date her for two weeks and she's like, 'I'm not gonna do it'.

Historical fiction is a hybrid, a blending of reported reality, reasonable speculation, psychological truth, and the author's imagination.

Un jour, j'irai vivre en Théorie, car en Théorie, tout se passe bien.

The trouble with the what-if game was that once you began to play it, you couldn't just quit whenever you wanted. From one what-if grew another.

Prim and proper, a cat woman . . .Hmm, I was left to wonder. Possibly a librarian in her late forties or early fifties. In town for a special occasion? It certainly left me to ponder her story.

If, if, if. If a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his ass every time he jumped.

But how do you know that the whole world hasn't its meninges, or that there isn't a big or little spider living in some corner of space with threads extending everywhere?

But to return to thy question, we consider our life here on earth to be a sacrament, lived in the light of Christ. There may be an afterlife, but as no one has come back to say so, it's a matter of speculation, left to each person individually.

William paid little heed to what was said, his own attention distracted by the sight of two slender white figures that hovered ghostlike among the bushes at the outer edge of the yard. Two capped white heads drew together, then apart. Now and then, one turned briefly toward the porch in what looked like speculation. " 'And for his vesture, they cast lots,' " his father murmured, shaking his head. "Eh?" "Never mind." His father smiled

Still, the novelty of any letter or package was sufficient that no one suggested opening it until the full measure of enjoyment should have been extracted from speculation about its contents.

I often look at a lot of Doctor Who stuff that's about now, which no one has approached me about.

Why did Donald Trump become president? I don't know.

So many dot-com companies were formulated on air.

The bottom-line message of history is that if you're doubling and tripling your money in record time, you're also more likely to lose it all.