By Denying Scientific Principles One May Maintain

"“Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”"

"“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.”"

"“And thus, the actions of life often not allowing any delay, it is a truth very certain that, when it is not in our power to determine the most true opinions we ought to follow the most probable.”"

"“That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not".”"

"“No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.”"

"“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”"