“Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science.” PeopleIfsMeanCoursesWillingExperiments Author:Seth Lloyd
“So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment.” LongRememberWillingListeningExperimentsOpera Author:Beverly Sills
“We can be creative and generate new breakthroughs, if we're willing to work with ideas from the pool of history - both distant and more recent - despite the potential for our experiments to fail.” IfsIdeasCreativeFailingWillingExperimentsDespitePoolBe CreativeBreakthrough Author:Doug Dawson
“Science has been effective at furthering our understanding of nature because the scientific ethos is based on three key principles: (1) follow the evidence wherever it leads; (2) if one has a theory, one needs to be willing to try to prove it wrong as much as one tries to prove that it is right; (3) the ultimate arbiter of truth is experiment, not the comfort one derives from one's a priori beliefs, nor the beauty or elegance one ascribes to one's theoretical models.” IfsNeedsTryingHas BeensThreeBeliefUnderstandingCommonPrinciplesWillingTheoryKeysComfortTruth IsProveModelsEvidenceUltimateExperimentsCommon SenseEleganceTheoreticalProve ItEthosArbiterWilling To Try Book:A Universe From Nothing Source: A Universe From Nothing
“The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free.” FeelsShouldArtistValuesBitsWillingIndustryPerceptionAgreeCreatorExperimentsProducersMusic IndustryPerpetuatingSpotify Author:Taylor Swift
“This is historically what happens whenever revolutionaries begin to take the oppression and suffering of their fellow beings seriously, whether human or nonhuman. It's regrettable that certain scientists are willing to put their families at risk by choosing to do wasteful animal experiments in this day and age.” HumansHappensAgeCertainSufferingAnimalRiskWillingScientistFellowsExperimentsOppressionRevolutionaryThis Day Author:Jerry Vlasak
“I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're going to invent, it means you're going to experiment, and if you're going to experiment, you're going to fail, and if you're going to fail, you have to think long term.” IfsThinkingMeanLongTermFailingWillingCustomersExperimentsInventionLong TermBehalf Author:Jeff Bezos