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Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
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.
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.
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.
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.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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.