“Coaches do so much research about a referee because they believe refereeing is such a crucial part of the game that the result may hinge on what we say or do. They probably know more about me than I know myself!” KnowsBelieveMayGamesResultsResearchCoachesCrucialHingesReferee Author:Alan Lewis
“Recent research suggests that New Deal programs may actually have had their primary impact on the economy by influencing consumer and business expectations of future growth and inflation.” MayGrowthDealsEconomyInfluenceResearchExpectationsProgramImpactPrimariesConsumersInflationNew DealFuture Growth Author:Christina Romer
“Basic research is not the same as development. A crash programme for the latter may be successful; but for the former it is like trying to make nine women pregnant at once in the hope of getting a baby in a month's time.” TryingMaySuccessfulBabyMonthsDevelopmentResearchNineFormerBeing SuccessfulLatterStatisticsPregnantCrashProgrammesBasic Research Author:Richard Doll
“A well-judging man will open his trunk-line of study in such a direction that, while habitually adhering to it, he may enjoy a ready access to such other fields of knowledge as are most nearly related to it.” MenWellsMayEnjoyLinesStudyFieldsReadyJudgingResearchAccessRelatedTrunks Author:James Fitzjames Stephen
“We've learned from experience that the truth will out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right. Nature's phenomena will agree or they'll disagree with your theory. And, although you may gain some temporary fame and excitement, you will not gain a good reputation as a scientist if you haven't tried to be very careful in this kind of work. And it's this type of integrity, this kind of care not to fool yourself, that is missing to a large extent in much of the research in Cargo Cult Science.” IfsKindMayCareMissingHavensTheoryTypeFoolIntegrityFameResearchGainsScientistAgreeCarefulExperimentsReputationExcitementRepeatsTemporaryDisagreeCultCargoGood ReputationWrong Or RightTruth Will Come Out Author:Richard P. Feynman