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• The validity of a science is its ability to predict. -- The Swartzberg Te
• The Swartzberg Test: The validity of a science is its ability to predict.
• The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is thi
  the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment. -- Richard Phillips Feynman (1918-1988)...
• All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect.
  Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events....
• The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
  -- Milton Friedma...
• The function of Science Fiction is not to predict the future, but to prevent it. -- Ray Bradbury
• Science teachers do it with test tubes.
• The supreme triumph of reason is to cast doubt upon its own validity: -- Miguel de Unamuno
• As engineers, we try to provide for the future, but our crystal balls are notoriously cloudy and our ability to predict market trends is marginal at best.