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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.
Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
[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.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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.
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.
