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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most im

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot

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Choose an attitude of wonderment, taking in all that is being said without assuming you already know what the speaker is talking about. Let go of jumping ahead to finish his or her thoughts. In order to learn you have to risk change…changing your mind! – Dwight Frindt

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Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. – Edith Hamilton

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