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title: "7 Single Theory Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-nagel/to-look-for-a-single-general-theory-of-how-to-decide-the-right-thing/)

[Thomas Nagel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-nagel/)

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> [There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-grantham/there-is-no-single-theory-that-is-used-in-economics-that-considers/)

[Jeremy Grantham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-grantham/)

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> [It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/it-was-einstein-s-dream-to-discover-the-grand-design-of-the-universe/)

[Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/)

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> [The revolution which began with the creation of quantum theory and relativity theory can only be finished with their unification into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-smolin/the-revolution-which-began-with-the-creation-of-quantum-theory-and/)

[Lee Smolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-smolin/)

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> [I think it laughable, frankly, that the physics community comes up with a theory for everything. There isn't one theory for everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-mitchell/i-think-it-laughable-frankly-that-the-physics-community-comes-up-with/)

[Edgar Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-mitchell/)

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> [No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/no-single-theory-ever-agrees-with-all-the-facts-in-its-domain/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

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> [Knowledge is not a series of self consistent theories that converges towards an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-feyerabend/knowledge-is-not-a-series-of-self-consistent-theories-that-converges-2/)

[Paul Feyerabend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-feyerabend/)

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