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Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very read more
Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.
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.
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for read more
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way read more
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.
A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
