Quotes About Evidence

The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever, but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse, it won't do so for at least another ten thousand million years, since it has already been expanding for at least that long. This

The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever, but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse, it won't do so for at least another ten thousand million years, since it has already been expanding for at least that long. This should not unduly worry us:

We also now have evidence for several other black holes in systems like Cygnus X-l in our galaxy and in two neighboring galaxies called the Magellanic Clouds. The

a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.

was generally thought that all knowledge of the world could be obtained through direct observation

We also have some evidence that there is a much larger black hole, with a mass of about a hundred thousand times that of the sun, at the center of our galaxy.

Tiap kali percobaan baru memberi hasil yang cocok dengan prediksi, teori harus bertahan, dan keyakinan kita terhadapnya meningkat; tapi jika ada pengamatan baru yang didapati tak cocok, kita harus tinggalkan atau ubah teori itu.

one can never be too sure of an idea until it is tested against nature.

Cada vez que observamos novos experimentos coincidirem com as previsões, a teoria sobrevive e nossa confiança nela aumenta; porém, se em algum momento uma nova observação a contradiz, temos de abandonar a teoria ou modificá-la. Pelo

Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it.

His feelings were summed up in his dictum "God does not play dice." But all the evidence is that God is quite a gambler. The universe is like a giant casino with dice being rolled, or wheels being spun, on every occasion.

If you make an assumption, we're in a world of confirmation bias, and clarity is the first casualty.

In science, fact can only mean confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent. I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.

Scientific questions cannot be decided by majority vote in any case.

History is also a hard taskmaster, for she covers her paths by erasing so much evidence from her records—

if you found enough cat hairs in a person's house, you pretty much had to assume there was a feline on the premises somewhere

If God has called you, the more they block your way, the more that trouble and temptation, the more God's love is provoked. Each attempt to stop you asks for more evidence from God.

Love without evidence is stalking.

Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him.

What would have to occur or to have occurred to constitute for you a disproof of the love of, or the existence of, God?

There is no love; there are only proofs of love. Whatever love I might feel in my heart, others will see only my action.

there is in fact no evidence that quantum mechanics is actually needed at all to account for consciousness—unlike other biological phenomena that we have considered in this book such as enzyme action or photosynthesis.

If it doesn't fit, then you must acquit.

An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.