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Data Quotes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- [Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.
- I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.
- Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You can find yourself insensibly twisting them round to suit your theories.
- How dangerous it is to reason from insufficient data.
- It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
- It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit…
- Data!data!data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.
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