#observation

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

— Thomas Huxley

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

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more? ↗

— Chris Rock

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Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. ↗

— Claude Bernard

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I never expected this to catch on in the way it did! Of course similar observations have been made by any number of people, and the distinction is obvious to anyone who thinks about the subject a little. ↗

— David Chalmers

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Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. ↗

— Arne Duncan

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It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

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Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation. ↗

— Max Euwe

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Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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