Progress In Science

Progress in science is

Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague. Freeman Dyson

Without deviation from the

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. Frank Zappa

Again men have been kept back as by a kind of enchantment from progress in science by reverence for antiquity, by the authority of men counted great in philosophy, and then by general consent. Francis Bacon

False facts are highly

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Charles Darwin

In science it often

In science it often happens that scientists say, You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken… Carl Sagan

In science it often

In science it often happens that scientists say, ‘You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken,’ and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change … Read more