Abandon Quote by Claude Bernard

Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.

— Maurice Allais

“It is a common weakness that when concrete facts do not match up with our preconceived theories, we prefer to keep our theories and…

— Raphael Gasson

“If the fact will not fit the theory - let the theory go”

— Agatha Christie

When the fact doesn't meet the theory then let go the theory.

— Agatha Christie

If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.

— Baruch Spinoza

Never accept a fact until it has been verified by theory.

— Arthur Eddington

If you find from your own experience that something is a fact and it contradicts what some authority has written down, then you must…

— Leonardo da Vinci

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

— Francis Crick

Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.

— John McCarthy

We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is]…

— Robert Shapiro

In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and talk and…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.

— Albert Einstein