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No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or, ideally, one question, at a…

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We may consequently state the fundamental theorem of Natural Selection in the form: The rate of increase in fitness of any organism…
Inductive inference is the only process known to us by which essentially new knowledge comes into the world.
If one in twenty does not seem high enough odds, we may, if we prefer it, draw the line at one in…
No isolated experiment, however significant in itself, can suffice for the experimental demonstration of any natural phenomenon; for the "one chance in…
We have usually no knowledge that any one factor will exert its effects independently of all others that can be varied, or…
No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or, ideally, one…
Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability.
In scientific subjects, the natural remedy for dogmatism has been found in research.
I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting such teaching…
The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern…
We have the duty of formulating, of summarizing, and of communicating our conclusions, in intelligible form, in recognition of the right of…

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No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or, ideally, one… — Ronald Fisher
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On the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle,… — Robert Bellarmine
Despite popular conviction, a writer needn't wear black, be unshaven, sickly and parade around New York's East Village spewing aphorisms and scaring… — Noah Lukeman
Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink. — F. H. Bradley
An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it. — Emile M. Cioran
Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain. — James Geary
If our planet has seen some eighty billion people it is difficult to suppose hat every individual has had his or her… — Milan Kundera
The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree. — Mason Cooley
We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism. — Paul Eldridge

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