Varadaraja V. Raman Quotes

True science teaches, above all, to doubt

It would be difficult to discover the truth about the universe if we refused to consider anything that might be true.

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.

Science is about nothing but getting at the truth, and anything that gets in the way of that diminishes, in my experience, the science.

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

There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

I love doing a show that makes no mention of ethnicity.

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

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.

The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.

There are no enemies in science, professor. Only phenomena to study.

I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.

Science is the ultimate tool to reveal the laws of nature, and the one word written on its banner is Truth.

You will never succeed in getting at the truth if you know, ahead of time, what the truth ought to be

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

Science must begin with myths and with the criticism of myth.

The common aim of all science is the gradual removal of prejudice.

Science requires much more than money and projects. Science requires freedom: freedom to enquire, to challenge, to think, and to envision the unimagined. We must be able to question convention and arbitrate our disputes by the rules of evidence. It is the content of scientific work that matters, not the persons who produced it, regardless of the color of their skin, the god they choose to worship, the ethnic group they were born into, or their gender. These are the values of science, but even more, they are societal values worth defending, not just to promote the pursuit of science but to have a better and more humane society.

If you're a real scientist, you're constantly open to new data. Nothing is ever 100% validated.

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 the most reliable guide in life.