Chapter X: Empiricism | The Philosophy Of Science by Steven Gussman [1st Edition]
“In general, we look for the new law by the following process: first, we guess it... Don't laugh, that's really true. Then we compute the consequences of the guess... to see what it would imply, and then we compare those computation results to nature. Or, we say compare to experiment, or experience... Compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment: it's wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn't make a difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn't make a difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is: if it disagrees with experiment, it's wrong, that's all there is to it.” ...