“I abandoned the extraterrestria l hypothesis in 1967 when my own field investigations disclosed an astonishing overlap between psychic phenomena and UFOs ... The objects and apparitions do not necessarily originate on another planet and may not even exist as permanent constructions of matter. It is more likely that we see what we want to see and interpret such visions according to our contemporary beliefs.” WantMayMatterBeliefMy OwnVisionFieldsObjectsPlanetsContemporaryPermanentAbandonedConstructionInvestigationPsychicsHypothesisAstonishingUfoApparitions Author:John A. Keel
“In the firm belief that the American public deserves a better explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force, I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena. I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs, and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment of the subject.” PeopleThinkingBeliefGivenForceAirSubjectsProduceEnlightenmentDeserveAliensFirmExplanationInvestigationCommitteesCredibilityUfoAir ForceExtraterrestrialFlying SaucersFirm BeliefsExtraterrestrial Life Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Anthropology has reached that point of development where the careful investigation of facts shakes our firm belief in the far-reaching theories that have been built up. The complexity of each phenomenon dawns on our minds, and makes us desirous of proceeding more cautiously. Heretofore we have seen the features common to all human thought” MindHumansHas BeensFactsBeliefCommonTheoryDevelopmentBuiltCarefulFirmDawnFeaturesComplexityShakesReachingPhenomenonInvestigationAnthropologyProceedingHuman ThoughtFirm Beliefs Book:A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911 Source: A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911
“The orthodox environmental theories [of heredity] have been accepted not because they have stood up under proper scientific investigations, but because they harmonize so well with our democratic belief in human equality.” HumansWellsHas BeensBeliefTheoryDemocraticEnvironmentalAcceptedOrthodoxInvestigationStood UpHeredityHuman Equality Author:Arthur Jensen
“Truth is that concordance of an abstract statement with the ideal limit towards which endless investigation would tend to bring scientific belief, which concordance the abstract statement may possess by virtue of the confession of its inaccuracy and one-sidedness, and this confession is an essential ingredient of truth.” MayTruthBeliefVirtueTruth IsLimitsEssentialsIdealsEndlessStatementsAbstractIngredientsConfessionInvestigation Author:Charles Sanders Peirce
“I conceive that the leading characteristic of the nineteenth century has been the rapid growth of the scientific spirit, the consequent application of scientific methods of investigation to all the problems with which the human mind is occupied, and the correlative rejection of traditional beliefs which have proved their incompetence to bear such investigation.” MindHumansHas BeensProblemSpiritBeliefGrowthCenturyBearsMethodTraditionalRejectionCharacteristicsHuman MindApplicationInvestigationRapidsNineteenth CenturyIncompetenceScientific MethodRapid Growth Book:Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Source: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
“"True science has no belief," says Dr. Fenwick, in Bulwer-Lytton's 'Strange Story;' "true science knows but three states of mind: denial, conviction, and the vast interval between the two, which is not belief, but the suspension of judgment." Such, perhaps, was true science in Dr. Fenwick's days. But the true science of our modern times proceeds otherwise; it either denies point-blank, without any preliminary investigation, or sits in the interim, between denial and conviction, and, dictionary in hand, invents new Graeco-Latin appellations for non-existing kinds of hysteria!” KnowsMindKindTwoStatesStoriesHandsThreeBeliefModernStrangeJudgmentConvictionDenyDenialLatinState Of MindInvestigationBlankDrsDictionaryIntervalsHysteriaModern TimesSuspensionInterimStrange Stories Author:H. P. Blavatsky
“Because God is reflected in the world in which me made, in some sense, my scientific investigation has always supported my belief in God in a very real sense. It helps me to pray better.” WorldMadeRealHelpingBeliefPrayingHelp MeInvestigationBelief In God Author:George Coyne
“The knowledge of God, the belief in God, is what I call an a-rational process. It's not rational - it doesn't proceed by scientific investigation - but it's not irrational because it doesn't contradict my reasoning process. It goes beyond it.” BeliefProcessRationalReasoningInvestigationIrrationalBelief In GodKnowledge Of God Author:George Coyne
“When preconception is so clearly defined, so easily reproduced, so enthusiastically welcomed and so long accommodated as in the case of Piltdown Man, science reveals a disturbing predisposition towards belief before investigation.” MenLongBeliefCasesDefinedInvestigationDisturbingPreconceptions Author:John Reader