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[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.
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.
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.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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 cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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.
A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
