“A theory can’t be right if it can’t also be wrong.” — Heinz Pagels, The Dreams of Reason
Tag: Theory
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“Maybe is not a theory, you know, it is merely maybe.” — Gregory Benford, Artifact
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“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.” — Karl Popper, Objective Knowledge
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“A theory that seems to explain everything is just as good at explaining nothing.” — Christopher Hitchens, Oleaginous, Slate
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“I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one’s own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright.” — James Baldwin, Autobiographical Notes
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“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower, Address at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (1956-09-25)
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“Some men learn all they know from books; others from life; both kinds are narrow. The first are all theory; the second are all practice. It’s the fellow who knows enough about practice to test his theories for blow-holes that gives the world a shove ahead.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.” — Linus Torvalds
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”In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” — Benjamin Brewster, Theory and Practice, The Yale Literary Magazine (1882 February)
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