#hypothesis

It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#close-mindedness #hypothesis #open-mindedness #maturity

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#as far as #far #go #hypothesis #more

It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#know #means #rise #sun #tomorrow

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. ↗

— Sidney Altman

#few #frequent #general #hypothesis #instances

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

— Milton Friedman

#experience #hypothesis #only #prediction #relevant

The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate - is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts. ↗

— Oliver Joseph Lodge

#anxious #communicate #difficulty #facts #fits

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

— Konrad Lorenz

#better #defined #hypothesis #next #open

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

#altered #cultures #enter #hypothesis #knowledge

Even if it had not been possible to reproduce the disease in animals and consequently to verify the hypothesis, this simple observation would have been sufficient to demonstrate the way in which the disease was propagated. ↗

— Charles Jules Henry Nicole

#consequently #demonstrate #disease #even #had

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

— David Douglass

#essential #fall #hypothesis #love #neutral