It sounds paradoxical to say the attainment of scientific truth has been effected, to a great extent, by the help of scientific errors

Quote by Thomas Henry Huxley

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There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they...

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they...

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men

Logical consequences are the scare-crows of fools and the beacons of wise men

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation,...

Science is simply common sense at its best - that is, rigidly accurate in observation,...

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the...

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the...

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as...

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time,...

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do...

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do...

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics - none in...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as...

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the...

True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the...