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If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in read more
I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.
[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.
[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may read more
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may be right but irrelevant.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
