Bill Nye Quotes

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

It is science, and not religion, which has taught men that things are complex and difficult to understand.

Religion can have psychological and social roles, but in terms of really explaining how things work, science works differently. Science is based on material elements at the core.

I oppose any belief that contradicts experimental evidence as determined by the methods of science. All beliefs not in such contradiction may be considered as faith. Whether faith in a particular belief is beneficial or not is another matter.

Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term 'doubting Thomas' well illustrates the difference.

The good thing about science is that it is true whether or not you believe in it.

Science is true, whether you believe it or not.

Science has faith. We make postulates. We can't prove those postulates, but we have faith in them.

In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what is not.

Theorists can be wrong; only nature is always right.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

I have great hope and faith, but it's a humanistic faith based in facts; you have to believe that facts exist. We can all arrive at the same facts if we engage in the process of experimentation, observation, and verification, which can solve more of the world's major problems than a debate over whether God does or doesn't exist.

The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.

Scientific method isn't about winning popularity contests. It's also not about being with the majority opinion. It isn't supposed be determined by politics. It is about attempting to limit bias or prejudice in the results

Those in science perform research, have it reviewed by their peers, publish the results, and believe the answer should be obvious.

Educated guesswork' is what science is. You form hypotheses, test them against the evidence, and if they fit the evidence, you can assume you've got close to the truth.

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

One of the greatest features of science is that it doesn't matter where you were born, and it doesn't matter what the belief systems of your parents might have been: If you perform the same experiment that someone else did, at a different time and place, you'll get the same result.

The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.

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.

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry.

I love to watch how scientists' minds work.