James Mark Baldwin Quote

If the working hypothesis fails in any essential particular he [the scientist] is ready to modify or discard it. For the truly inspired investigator, one undoubted fact weighs more in the balance than a thousand theories.


The Processes of Life Revealed by the Microscope: A Plea for Physiological Histology, Science, N.S. Volume 2, Number 34, August 23, 1895 (p. 210)


If the working hypothesis fails in any essential particular he [the scientist] is ready to modify or discard it. For the truly inspired investigator, ...

If the working hypothesis fails in any essential particular he [the scientist] is ready to modify or discard it. For the truly inspired investigator, ...

If the working hypothesis fails in any essential particular he [the scientist] is ready to modify or discard it. For the truly inspired investigator, ...

If the working hypothesis fails in any essential particular he [the scientist] is ready to modify or discard it. For the truly inspired investigator, ...