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How empty is theory in the presence of fact
How empty is theory in the presence of fact
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
It is the theory that decides what can be observed
A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
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.