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"A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant."

Manfred Eigen, German Scientist

Being, May, Right, Theory

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"A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant."

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