Another Quote by David Kay

“The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“No data yet," he answered. "It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I had ... come to an entirely erroneous conclusion, which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Sometimes one must make extended conclusions from limited data.

— Jim Peebles

To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“A complicated situation appeared merely to be accumulating additional complicated factors.”

— Anthony Powell

How dangerous it is to reason from insufficient data.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You can find yourself insensibly twisting them round to suit your theories.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much…

— Charles Lyell

“An overly complex explanation began with an unsophisticated assumption.”

— Rick Delmonico

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would…

— Learned Hand

Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We…

— Arthur Conan Doyle