William Kingdon Clifford Quotes

In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great har...

… scientific thought does not mean thought about scientific subjects with long names. There are no s...

Every time we let ourselves believe for unworthy reasons, we weaken our powers of self-control, of d...

If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he...

The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough...

The aim of scientific thought, then, is to apply past experience to new circumstances; the instrumen...

Remember that [scientific thought] is the guide of action; that the truth which it arrives at is not...

It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.