Hypothesis Quotes

“The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it.”

“The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.”

“A hypothesis is an idea which is submitted to the control of the experiment.”

“There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.”

“We are to look for no other criterion of the truth of a hypothesis, but its affording a physically true explanation of the phenomena.”

“The most important feature of this hypothesis is that the elementary unit of transmitter release is not the single molecule, but a multi-molecular quantum of acetylcholine.”

“...the null hypothesis is never proved or established, but is possibly disproved, in the course of experimentation.”

“To be able to hunt for a thing, we must have an idea of what we are looking for.”

“The RNA world hypothesis is compelling because it solves the chicken-and-egg problem of which came first, proteins or nucleic acids.”

“The belief is growing on me that the disease is communicated by the bite of the mosquito.”