Stephen Jay Gould Quote

The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to the enterprise of science.


Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History (ed. Harmony, 1998)


The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to...

The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to...

The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to...

The only universal attribute of scientific statements resides in their potential fallibility. If a claim cannot be disproven, it does not belong to...