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.

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.

Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

In chemistry, our theories are crutches; to show that they are valid, they must be used to walk... A theory established with the help of twenty facts must explain thirty, and lead to the discovery of ten more.

The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.