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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Education, Mistake, Math
"A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Math, Science, Able
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2015). “Sherlock Holmes: The Novels: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.93, Penguin

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Mistake, Math, Science
"A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

Arthur Conan Doyle
Math, Water, Logic
Arthur Conan Doyle (2007). “The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Short Stories: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Non-slipcased Edition) (Vol. 1) (The Annotated Books)”, p.151, W. W. Norton & Company

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