Error Theory

Famous quotes containing the words error and/or theory:

    “The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Don’t confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.”
    —Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)