Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail.
We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is wrong.
While it is quite reasonable for scientists to be skeptical of new ideas that do not fit within the accepted realm of scientific knowledge, the best science often emerges from situations where results carefully obtained do not fit within the accepted paradigms.
That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.
Anecdotal thinking comes naturally; science requires training.
It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore your most important findings.
In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored.
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.