“There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder.” DoeFindingsTestsObjectivesDisorderRaysPsychiatryLaboratoryExamMental Disorder Author:Allen Frances
“The main trend with the theme episodes is that anywhere there is a misconception about the way the physical world works, we're finding fertile material. Whether it's in a phrase like "going over like a lead balloon" or "a needle in a haystack," or tackling movie myths or even a genre, like MacGyver or James Bond, we're finding that all these things can lead to people believing the world works in a certain way. It might not be correct, but we can test out if it's true.” PeopleIfsWorldWayBelieveMightCertainMaterialsFindingsTestsMythGenrePhrasesThemeTrendsEpisodesNeedlesMisconceptionFertileBalloonsTacklingMacgyverNeedle In A Haystack Author:Adam Savage
“It is one thing to say that science is only equipped to test for natural causes and cannot speak to any others. It is quite another to insist that science proves that no other causes could possibly exist. . . . There would be no experimental model for testing the statement: 'No supernatural cause for any natural phenomenon is possible.' It is therefore a philosophical presupposition and not a scientific finding.” Would BeSpeakCausesNaturalOne ThingProveFindingsModelsTestsPhilosophicalStatementsPhenomenonTestingNatural Phenomena Author:Timothy Keller
“I would agree with [criminal suspects being subjected to a DNA test after arrest]...if that's one step closer to finding out who has (committed a crime), then I think we should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldStepsCrimeFindingsTestsAgreeCommittedCriminalsSuspectsDna Author:Erin Brady
“I think our science is a marvelous tool. Of course it has its politics, its failings, its mistakes, like all other human endeavors, but I think the methodology of our science - using it to postulate and to use the proper approach of creating falsifiable hypotheses and then testing them to see if they ring true, and then progressing by finding the anomalies to our theoretical structure, and then improving our theoretical structure to take care and test the anomalies - is the way to go, because that helps us discover what the universe.is all about and our relationship to it.” IfsThinkingWayHumansHelpingUseCareUniverseCoursesMistakeProgressFailingFindingsApproachCreatingToolsTestsStructureTake CareRingsEndeavorOur RelationshipMarvelousImprovingHypothesisTestingTheoreticalMethodologyAnomalies Author:Edgar Mitchell
“Everyone knows innovation involves developing unique understanding of a market, thinking expansively to develop a solution, and then finding a way to test rigorously and adapt quickly.” ThinkingKnowsWayUnderstandingFindingsUniqueSolutionsTestsInnovationDeveloping Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form for your story is simply to realize the most natural way of telling the story. The test of whether or not a writer has defined the natural shape of his story is just this: After reading it, can you imagine it differently, or does it silence your imagination and seem to you absolute and final? As an orange is final. As an orange is something nature has made just right.” WayDoeMadeTwoStoriesProblemSeemsFormReadingRealizingImaginationNaturalSilenceFourImagineShapesFindingsTestsBasesAbsolutesFinalsDefinedOrange Author:Truman Capote