Martin H. Fischer Quotes

Just as houses are made of stone, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house, and a collection of facts is not necessarily science

The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.

In science, nothing is ever 100% proven.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

I really do think that science has an internal structure, and it makes sense, and we can test it.

My background is basically scientific math. My Dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.

Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.

Science is the systematic classification of experience.

Science is curiosity, testing and experimenting.

I like solving problems, and science provides a logical way of solving real-life problems.

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstrations for impressions.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

The aim of natural science is not simply to accept the statements of others, but to investigate the causes that are at work in nature.

It is not observation but theory that led me to this result that experience has confirmed afterwards.

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

I'm first and foremost a scientist.

In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run, they can turn out to be right. We can get really good evidence, and in the end, the community will come around.

Reason and science allow us to properly think about the necessary data that are required in order to answer a given question. This is precisely why the scientific method is the most powerful framework for understanding the world.

Science is a quest for understanding.

Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.

I am a great fan of science, but I cannot do a quadratic equation.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that's precise, predictive and reliable - a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional.

There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.

The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it.