The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact

But anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact, rarely get as far as fact; and anyone who has studied the history of science knows that almost every great step therein has been made by the 'anticipation of Nature,' that is, by the invention of hypotheses, which, though verifiable, often had very little foundation to start with.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Science is simply common sense at its best--that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.