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Theory

«There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.»
«It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.»
«Knowledge is not a series of self consistent theories that converges towards an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible (and perhaps even incommensurable) alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth»
«Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction»
«Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.»
«Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts»
«It is the theory that decides what can be observed»
Author: Albert Einstein (Physicist) | About: Theory | Keywords: decides, observed, theory
«Relativity applies to physics, not ethics»
«It is the theory that decides what we can observe.»
Author: Albert Einstein (Physicist) | About: Theory | Keywords: decides
«Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.»

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