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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
Scientific facts are often described in textbooks as if they just sort of exist, like nickels someone picked up on the street. But science at the cutting edge, conducted by sharp minds probing deep into nature, is not about self-evident facts. It is about mystery and not knowing. It is about taking huge risks.
If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying.
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
When you are writing something that is false and presenting it as a fact without confirming... I feel it's extremely wrong.
Understanding truth is the primary objective of science, not doing good for the world.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Truth in science is always determined from observational facts.