Greg Graffin Quotes

I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

Ever since I was little, I've always had a few science experiments going on.

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

Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science.

The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

Experimentation is an active science.

The true method of knowledge is experiment.

Experience by itself is not science.

You make observations, write theories to fit them, try experiments to disprove the theories and, if you can't, you've got something.

I think I was a born scientist.

if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge available to us: observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

Pursue science because it is knowledge, because it broadens our horizons. There is so much more to be discovered.

Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search.

An experiment disproving a prediction is discovery.

Scientific inquiry starts with observation. The more one can see, the more one can investigate.

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.

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

I went into science, ending up with a Ph.D. in cell biology, but along the way I found out that experimental science involves many hours and days and nights of laboratory work, which is a lot like washing dishes, only a little more challenging. I was too impatient, and maybe a little too sloppy, for it.

I love to watch how scientists' minds work.

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.

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.

Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.