Advantage Quote by Albert Einstein

“Simpler theories may be more convenient to work with, but they are not intrinsically more probable than complex ones.”

— Samir Okasha

To come very near to a true theory, and to grasp its precise application, are two different things, as the history of science teaches…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Theory is worth but little, unless it can explain its own phenomena, and it must effect this without contradicting itself; therefore, the facts are…

— Charles Caleb Colton

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the…

— Albert Einstein

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the…

— Albert Einstein

For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves…

— Nelson Goodman

As you know, a theory in physics is not useful unless it is able to predict underlined effects which we would otherwise expect.

— Richard P. Feynman

At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory…

— Val Logsdon Fitch

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however…

— Mao Zedong

The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

No particular theory may ever be regarded as absolutely certain.... No scientific theory is sacrosanct...

— Karl Popper

What is especially striking and remarkable is that in fundamental physics a beautiful or elegant theory is more likely to be right than a…

— Murray Gell-Mann