Geoffrey Hinton Quotes

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.

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.

Truth in science is always determined from observational facts.

Moreover, in the experimental sciences, the scientific fraternity must test a new theory to destruction, if possible.

Science is a series of judgments, revised without ceasing.

Science is evidence-based and provides a continuing understanding of complex natural phenomena. Our understanding is constantly evolving and continually improving.

Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

The process of science is difficult and challenging. It involves always being aware that your ideas might be right or they might be wrong. I think it's that kind of balance that makes science so interesting.

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.

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by anybody.

In science, nothing is ever 100% proven.

Most physicists like myself won't believe the result until every possible caveat has been investigated and/or the result is confirmed elsewhere.

Theorists have wonderful ideas which take years and years to be verified.

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

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

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

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.

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

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

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 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 requires a society because even people who are trying to be good thinkers love their own thoughts and theories - much of the debugging has to be done by others.

Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests.