Account Quote by Herbert A. Simon

I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at once. I…

— Thomas A. Edison

Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.

— Brian Greene

I am somebody who has always struggled with uncertainty. And, of course, uncertainty is so core to life. I seek out knowledge to help…

— Chloe Benjamin

“But theory rarely works in practice, and predictability has a devious sister named complexity. But”

— Jurgen Appelo

When I am willing to step into the realm of uncertainty and ambiguity, I open myself up to infinite possibilities.

— Anita Moorjani

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

— Samir Okasha

And, partly, I had found that theory-structure was a superpower in helping one get what one wanted. As I had early discovered in school…

— Charlie Munger

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor…

— Karl Popper

Experience has shown repeatedly that a mathematical theory with a rich internal structure generally turns out to have significant implications for the understanding of…

— William Thurston

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

— Bernard Malamud

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.

— A. E. van Vogt

When, therefore, I had long considered this uncertainty of traditional mathematics, it began to weary me that no more definite explanation of the movement…

— Nicolaus Copernicus