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"The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests."
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"And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry."
"Every single phenomenon in the world, has a physical explanation underneath it. Finding the explanation depends on how far you are willing to go."
"I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school."
"And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political agenda of one or another administration. I deeply think that is a wrong explanation."
"It was much easier to explain the veil than to answer questions about the wounds."
"The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different."
"The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests."
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"The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests."
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