#hypothesis

God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis. ↗

— David Douglass

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The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. ↗

— Milton Friedman

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Originally, in the early eighties, the drug hypothesis was among the first which occurred to scientists. ↗

— Serge Lang

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Roughly speaking, this hypothesis asks whether drug use causes some of the diseases officially associated with AIDS, such as immunodeficiency and Kaposi's sarcoma. ↗

— Serge Lang

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

— Konrad Lorenz

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Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

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The first and most important reason for its elimination is the unquestioned fact that evolution is not a science; it is a hypothesis only, a speculation. ↗

— William Bell Riley

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It is absolutely essential that one should be neutral and not fall in love with the hypothesis. ↗

— David Douglass

#essential #fall #hypothesis #love #neutral

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

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