James Collins Quotes

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

Science is simply a powerful way of understanding what's real and what isn't, what's true and what's not. It can help us determine what works, what doesn't, for whom, and under what circumstances.

Science is about applying what we know and asking what we don't know.

Empirical explorations ultimately change our understanding of which questions are important and fruitful and which are not.

Hypotheses are what we lack the least.

We don't ask research to do what it was never meant to do, and that is to get an idea.

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

If you are a researcher, you are trying to figure out what the question is as well as what the answer is.

Science is a wonderful way of getting out what's real.

Something my father dearly loved is the scientific method, and it's founded in this element of humility. The idea is that you pursue the truth wherever it goes; you need to evidence, and you can - you see if it's repeatable.

Science is not a collection of facts; it is a process of discovery.

Science isn't just for guys in lab coats, you know? It's for anybody who wants to do a good job of understanding and investigating the world.

A good scientist can understand the current state of a field, pick interesting questions where a success will actually lead to useful new knowledge, and push that field further through their work.

Why should there be the method of science? There is not just one way to build a house, or even to grow tomatoes. We should not expect something as motley as the growth of knowledge to be strapped to one methodology.

Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.

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

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

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

I love to watch how scientists' minds work.

I love to be a scientist. I've always enjoyed being curious.

What intrigues basic scientists like me is that anytime we do a series of experiments, there are going to be three or four new questions that come up when you think you've answered one.

I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.

Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish experiments.

Science is a self-sufficient activity.