Nothing is more certain in scientific method than that approximate coincidence alone can be expected. In the measurement of continuous quantity perfect correspondence must be accidental, and should give rise to suspicion rather than to satisfaction.


The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method, (2nd edition), Book IV, Chapter XXI (p. 457)

William Stanley Jevons Quotes

Nothing is more certain in scientific method than that approximate coincidence alone can be expected. In the measurement of continuous quantity...

Nothing is more certain in scientific method than that approximate coincidence alone can be expected. In the measurement of continuous quantity...

Nothing is more certain in scientific method than that approximate coincidence alone can be expected. In the measurement of continuous quantity...

Nothing is more certain in scientific method than that approximate coincidence alone can be expected. In the measurement of continuous quantity...