A Quote by Lawrence M. Krauss

I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.

Lawrence M. Krauss

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Lawrence M. Krauss
American - Physicist
Born: May 27, 1954

Discerning the merits of competing claims is where the empirical basis of science should play a role. I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. What fails the test of empirical reality, as determined by observation and experiment, gets thrown out like yesterday's newspaper.

Lawrence M. Krauss

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.

Charles Darwin

I don't care about proving things to people. I'm proving things to myself.

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It's not about shutting people up or proving them wrong. It's about proving to ourselves what we're about.

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It's all about proving it on the track and proving to people that have different views wrong.

Greg Rutherford

For me, It's not necessarily about proving people wrong, but proving to myself that I can do it my way and still win.

Paul Millsap

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

I love proving people wrong and proving myself right and my coaches.

Ryan Bader

For me, it's all about taking things a step at a time, proving I'm good enough and on the right path.

Susie Wolff

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Peter P. Mahoney

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.