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> [Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-make-poor-observations/)

[Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/)

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> [ \[Those\] who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/those-who-have-an-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-or-in-their-ideas/)

[Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/)

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> [Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-bernard/men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-or-ideas-are-not-only/)

[Claude Bernard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-bernard/)

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> [“Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-taubes/men-who-have-excessive-faith-in-their-theories-or-ideas-are-not-only-2/)

[Gary Taubes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-taubes/)

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