(27 quotes found)
“But that's purely conjecture at this point … a working hypothesis. Everything is on the table until we've gotten more data down.”
Steve Squyres
“The problem with the bacteria hypothesis is that an extremely high concentration of bacteria must exist before they begin to produce light. But what could possibly support the occurrence of such a large population?”
Steven Miller
“We set out to test a promising but unproven hypothesis that has proven to be less promising than we anticipated.”
Jacques Rossouw
“We set out to test a promising but unproven hypothesis that has proven to be less promising than we anticipated. This is the nature of science: to have incremental gains and setbacks. We have a duty as scientists to put the best information out there at any given time, even if it can become confusing.”
“It would be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, `Yes, it is true, but you won't be able to understand the proof.”
Ronald Graham
“This led to the 'The Y is Falling' hypothesis.”
Jennifer Hughes
“From the moment the hypothesis of the role of migratory birds in carrying the virus great distances was evoked ... we were able to foresee in a way what is happening now.”
Didier Houssin
“It's a very plausible hypothesis,”
JoAnn Manson
“It is a hypothesis that we are looking at.”
Paul Mlakar
“There's more than one individual, so they can refute the hypothesis that this is just some kind of freak. Also, the data suggest that [the remains are from] a fairly long time span, so that makes it tough to say that this is [due to some sort of disease].”
Daniel Lieberman
