“How are we to adjudicate among rival ontologies? Certainly the answer is not provided by the semantical formula "To be is to be the value of a variable"; this formula serves rather, conversely, in testing the conformity of a given remark or doctrine to a prior ontological standard.” ValuesGivenAnswersStandardsDoctrineConformityFormulasTestingRivalsRemarksVariablesOntology Book:Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine Source: Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine
“a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us.” ThinkingStillsAnswersTesting Book:Among the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Novel Source: Among the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Novel
“To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.” KnowsWorldWayRealAnswersSituationSubstitutesReal WorldPredictionsTestingTesting Yourself Author:Nate Silver
“... it is a fundamental principle of testing that you must know in advance the answer each test case is supposed to produce. If you don't, you are not testing; you are experimenting.” IfsKnowsAnswersPrinciplesCasesProduceTestsFundamentalsTestingFundamental Principles Author:Brian Kernighan