Objective Evidence Quotes

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected should itself provide some reassurance that the EU is trying to reform itself.

Scientists have a tendency to believe in absolutes, in studies and the repeating of them. Psychoanalysis is firmly based in subjective accounts. We need both.

Science demands objective factual evidence - proof; spiritual experience is subjective and leads to faith.

There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.

The report falsely asserts that global warming is causing more extreme weather events, more droughts, more record high temperatures, more wildfires, warmer winters, etc., when each and every one of these false assertions is contradicted by objective, verifiable evidence.

The value of having numbers - data - is that they aren't subject to someone else's interpretation. They are just the numbers. You can decide what they mean for you.

But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods.

Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?