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"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong."
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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."
"On the basis of Lorentz's theory, if we limit ourselves to a single spectral line, it suffices to assume that each atom (or molecule) contains a single moving electron."
"I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory."
"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."
"I know what theory... the possibility of impossibility."
"You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true."
"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."
"If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory."
"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."
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"The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another."
"We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on."
"There is a computer disease that anybody who works with computers knows about. It's a very serious disease and it interferes completely with the work. The trouble with computers is that you 'play' with them!"
"It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn't get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man."
"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry."
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."
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