Theory Quotes - Page 5

To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions.

To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree

I have a theory in life that there is no learning. There is no learning curve. Everything is tabula rasa. Everybody has to discover things for themselves.

There is no pure, disinterested, theory-free observation.

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.

When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell.

It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.

We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success.

A Chinese paleontologist lectures around the world saying that recent fossil finds in his country are inconsistent with the Darwinian theory of evolution. His reason: The major animal groups appear abruptly in the rocks over a relatively short time, rather than evolving gradually from a common ancestor as Darwin's theory predicts. When this conclusion upsets American scientists, he wryly comments: "In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin."

In art, practice always comes before theory.

The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete with newly constructed and largely incomprehensible jargon.

Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved

When the fact doesn't meet the theory then let go the theory.

People love conspiracy theories.

Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

What we need now is the description of the "describer" or, in other words, we need a theory of the observer.

Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.

Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement.

The US must carry out some act somewhere in the world which shows its determination to continue to be a world power.

Maxwell's theory is Maxwell's system of equations.

In contrast to creation, Darwinism does not have a single piece of evidence demonstrating the theory of evolution. Its proponents don't have any fossil evidence, of the kind which they should be able to put forward.

I got sunburnt which is obviously a drag for me because in theory the sun is supposed to kill me.

Observation always involves theory.

Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense...