The important thing is to think about theory in life in that way. And I think we don't have to be theorists,… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion. — James Heckman Copy Share Image
Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I propose to distinguish these bodies by calling those anions which go to the anode of the decomposing body; and those passing… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
My work indicated that if we consider smaller and smaller black holes, at some stage, the properties of black holes become indistinguishable… — Ashoke Sen Copy Share Image
The thing about a theory in science is it allows you make predictions. Evolutionary theory allows us to predict what apples will… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
When you ask why did some particular question occur to a scientist or philosopher for the first time, or why did this… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
We are driven to confess that we actually care more for religion than we do for religious theories and ideas: and in… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
I have concluded that most PhD economists under appraise the power of the common-stock-based "wealth effect," under current extreme conditions... "Wealth effects"… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
It is quite true that many scientists, many physicists, maintain that the physical constants, the half dozen or so numbers that physicists… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Not one of them [formulae] can be shown to have any existence, so that the formula of one of the simplest of… — Alexander William Williamson Copy Share Image
Well, here’s a scientific question: Has anybody ever seen hard evidence? What we get is theories from our earlier prophets. Now, people… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
One theory says that if you treat people well, you're more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Critics of the global warming agenda are motivated... by a love of freedom and civil liberties. They want a discussion based on… — Deneen Borelli Copy Share Image
“The rhythm, the dance, the choreography driven through us by any sound, may not be nothing. And it isn't nothing, it is… — Frederico Rochaferreira Copy Share Image
When the contrary magnetic poles were on the same side, there was an effect produced on the polarized ray, and thus magnetic… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
It is ironic that Einsteins most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
The star S0-2 orbits around Sgr A* every 16 years and will go through its closest approach in 2018. That's an opportunity… — Andrea M. Ghez Copy Share Image
It's indeed surprising that replacing the elementary particle with a string leads to such a big change in things. I'm tempted to… — Edward Witten Copy Share Image
While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
If dark matter and dark energy are 95 percent of everything, shouldn't we all be asking questions about that? What does that… — Shea Hembrey Copy Share Image
The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an… — Alan Dundes Copy Share Image
We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of… — Pete McCloskey Copy Share Image
It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and… — Warren Bennis Copy Share Image
“Basically, string theory is the development of this visionary idea in a context of a fixed background of space and time. Loop… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
We know about black holes and neutron stars, but we hope there are other phenomena we can see because of the gravitational… — Rainer Weiss Copy Share Image
Quantum entanglement allows you to send information faster than light, which upset Einstein. But Einstein has the last laugh. The information you… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
We do have business relationships; we do licensing relationships, and people want to use Google services on top of Android. But in… — Sundar Pichai Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how we can put political principles into practice in our personal lives and the limits of theory when it… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
I believe in education, but I think the balance has to be right between theory and practical experience. I think from secondary… — Kano Copy Share Image
Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
The only other scenario that could explain everything, up to and including your own bizarre apperance, is a convoluted conspiracy theory involving… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
The lesson of my field, behavioral economics, is that we need to understand the ways in which we differ from the rational… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
Libertarianism is a theory of politics that is so compelling that once you have absorbed it, it becomes the lens through which… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I have a theory in life that there is no learning. There is no learning curve. Everything is tabula rasa. Everybody has… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. Theres whole swathes of stuff we cant account for. — Talulah Riley Copy Share Image
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