“In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.” ReasonCausesCommonSecretOpinionDiscoveryArgumentStrongerPhilosophicalExperimentsInvestigationConjectureSpeculators Author:W. S. Gilbert
“The Union has become not merely a physical union of states, but rather a spiritual union in common ideals of our people. Within it is room for every variety of opinion, every possible experiment in social progress. Out of such variety comes growth, but only if we preserve and maintain our spiritual solidarity.” PeopleIfsStatesSpiritualSocialGrowthRoomsCommonOpinionProgressIdealsUnionsExperimentsVarietyPreservesSolidaritySocial Progress Book:Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President Source: Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
“Bowing down in blind credulity, as is my custom, before mere authority and the tradition of the elders, superstitiously swallowing a story I could not test at the time by experiment or private judgment, I am firmly of the opinion that I was born on the 29th of May, 1874, on Campden Hill, Kensington; and baptised according to the formularies of the Church of England in the little church of St. George opposite the large Waterworks Tower that dominated that ridge.” MayLittlesBookStoriesBornChurchOpinionAuthorityJudgmentTraditionTestsOppositesEnglandBlindMereExperimentsHillsCustomsTowersEldersCredulitySwallowingRidgesChurch Of EnglandBowing Down Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Although it is easier to find information these days, it is easier than ever before to find misinformation, pseudo-facts, unsupported and fringe opinions, and the like. Children should be taught at an early age what constitutes evidence, how to detect biases or distortions in newspaper accounts, and that there exist hierarchies of information sources. In the medical field, for example, a controlled experiment published in a peer-reviewed journal is a better source than a blog by the Ginseng Growers Association, promoting the health benefits of their own product.” ShouldChildrenFactsAgeOpinionInformationExampleFieldsTaughtProductsSourceEasierBenefitsEvidenceAccountsMedicalNewspapersExperimentsThese DaysControlledAssociationPeersJournalHierarchyPromotingFringeBlogsDistortionMisinformationPseudoHealth Benefits Author:Daniel Levitin
“My opinion - nay more, my conviction - is that, in the present state of science, as you rightly say, spontaneous generation is a chimera; and it would be impossible for you to contradict me, for my experiments all stand forth to prove that spontaneous generation is a chimera.” StatesWould BeOpinionImpossibleGenerationsProveConvictionExperimentsSpontaneousChimera Author:Louis Pasteur
“In physics, opinions don't matter, only demonstrated experiments. The day the fellow succeeds, if ever, he won't need anybody else's opinion.” IfsNeedsMatterOpinionSucceedFellowsPhysicsExperiments Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson