Alvin Leung Quotes

I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

I like solving problems, and science provides a logical way of solving real-life problems.

But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.

You must acquire something of that industrious habit of mind which the study of natural science gives,—the art of comparing, of perceiving true likenesses and true differences, and so of classifying and arranging what you see; the art of connecting facts together in your mind in cause and effect

Science is a way of getting knowledge. It's a method. It's a method that really relies on making mistakes. We propose ideas, they are usually wrong, and we test them against the data. Scientists do this in a formal way. It's a way that everyone can go through life; that's how we should be teaching science from a very young age.

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

I love to be a scientist. I've always enjoyed being curious.

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.

I'm a bit of a freak for evidence-based analysis. I strongly believe in data.

Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

Sometimes big problems are best solved with lots of small and creative solutions.

Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.

I like to look for patterns in science and life. It's what I do.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them.

I am never satisfied until I can make a mathematical model of what I am studying. If I succeed in making one, I understand. If I cannot, I do not understand.

An actual scientist embraces debate because it sharpens their research.

My parents are both scientists. They like order.

Science is the practice of failing repeatedly but learning as you go.

Even if you're going into a field that has nothing to do with computer science, just having that way of analytical thinking and being able to process information and break it down is important no matter what you're doing. Having that knowledge of code is something that you can apply to your daily life.