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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.
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.
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, read more
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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.
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.