Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

Conservatives need to go where the facts, not ideology, take them.

A scientist... must accept the results of experiment, and nothing but the results of experiment.

If you want someone to accept new evidence, make sure to present it to them in a context that doesn’t trigger a defensive, emotional reaction.

I'm a rationalist and a skeptic, someone who safely separates faith from reason.

You have to be open-minded, and you have to be critical, and you have to let go of your predispositions about what you've been told that doesn't have foundations in evidence.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

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.

When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is wrong.

Being a skeptic just means being rational and empirical: thinking and seeing before believing.

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

Only science and the spirit of seeking truth from facts can save China. I firmly believe in this.

Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president.

Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric.

I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

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

Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err; yet better, we can never differ.

A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion.

History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.

My colleagues have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it, however it may jar against their inclinations.

Consider the speech, not the speaker.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt

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

I'm the type of person who responds to facts.