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title: "3 Speculative Ideas Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [If speculative ideas can not be tested, they're not science; they don't even rise to the level of being wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-pauli/if-speculative-ideas-can-not-be-tested-they-re-not-science-they-don-t/)

[Wolfgang Pauli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-pauli/)

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> [My final remark to young women and men going into experimental science is that they should pay little attention to the speculative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-final-remark-to-young-women-and-men-going-into-experimental/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It's OK to pursue speculative ideas because we don't want to be too cozy and safe and assume that we know everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/it-s-ok-to-pursue-speculative-ideas-because-we-don-t-want-to-be-too/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

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