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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.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither read more
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
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.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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.
