Claire Scovell LaZebnik Quotes

Science has authority, not because of white coats, or titles, but because of precision and transparency: you explain your theory, set out your evidence, and reference the studies that support your case.

Science isn't about authority or white coats; it's about following a method. That method is built on core principles: precision and transparency; being clear about your methods; being honest about your results; and drawing a clear line between the results, on the one hand, and your judgment calls about how those results support a hypothesis.

In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.

Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer review process and because the scientific method prizes uncertainty and penalises anyone who goes out on any sort of a limb that is not held in place by abundant and well-documented evidence.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

A scientist... must accept the results of experiment, and nothing but the results of experiment.

Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people.

Scientists are always skeptics.

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.

I am not here concerned with intent, but with scientific standards, especially the ability to tell the difference between a fact, an opinion, a hypothesis, and a hole in the ground.

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.

As a scientist, you're not supposed to make decisions without the data.

I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less.

The bedrock of science is the unwillingness to accept authority.

That's the nice thing about the field of science - the test of time sorts out the truth.

There is something about the mindset of a scientist that is different - an awareness of uncertainty, modeling, proof.

I'm the type of person who responds to facts.

Either data supports the observations or they don't. Voting doesn't work in science.

Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.

Real science is all about critically appraising the evidence for somebody else's position.

I believe that through its rational evaluation of truth and indifference to personal belief, science transcends religious and political divisions and so does bind us into a greater, more resilient whole.

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.

Seek truth from facts.

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

One of the distinguishing features of anything that aspires to the name of science is the reproducibility of experimental results.