Science Quotes

"Scientific revolutions are rare but transformative events in the history of human understanding."

"Kuhn demonstrated that scientific communities, not isolated individuals, are the units of scientific change."

"Scientific progress should be understood as lateral movement rather than upward ascent toward truth."

"Science is a uniquely human enterprise, shaped by cultural, social, and psychological factors."

"Science is not a collection of laws but a toolkit that works until it doesn't."

"Kuhn's work reminds us that even our most scientific, objective endeavors are human enterprises."

"Science advances through cycles of normal science and revolutionary science, each dependent on the other."

"The paradigm is both the greatest achievement of science and its greatest limitation."

"In normal science, the paradigm must be extended, not questioned; must be preserved, not overturned."

"Science is not a discovery of nature independent of human thought but a human construction shaped by culture."

"Kuhn taught that the development of science cannot be understood apart from the development of scientific communities."

"Scientific revolutions are not irrational but proceed according to their own internal logic and compelling reasons."

"Scientific truth is suppressed when it conflicts with economic interests."

"The facts of the physical world were thought by me to be directly accessible only to perception."

"The use of mathematics has brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately, it has also brought mortis."

"I am certain that nothing has contributed more to the corruption of science than the desire to make it purposeful."

"The outstanding discovery of nineteenth century science was the idea of evolution."

"The aim of science should be understanding, not prediction."

"The curious character of economics as a science is that it provides a method for the solution of problems."

"Only when we understand economics as a method can we avoid the dangers of pseudo-science."

"Understanding is the highest goal of the scientist."

"Science is the search for truth."

"Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths."

"We are not interested in the agreement between the theory and the facts. Disagreement is what we want."

"A theory is tested by attempting to refute it, not by confirming it."

"Every scientific statement must remain tentative for ever."

"In science, there are no final answers, only better questions."

"Scientific truth is always provisional and subject to revision."

"The savage mind is in no way a beginning or a sketch; it forms a well-articulated system."

"The greatest discoveries come from patient observation."