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“all theories are oversimplifications, or at least lead to oversimplification.”

— Neil Postman

“Somewhere out there is a theory that would explain my empirical observations, and this theory has yet to be discovered. Mathematics thrives on such…

— Henri Darmon

“What we have, in fact, is not a theory at all but a large collection of approximate calculations, together with a web of conjectures…

— Lee Smolin

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

— Samir Okasha

“That' the thing about theories. You can theorize all you want, but at the end of the day when you theories become reality, when…

— Jane Green

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

— Rick Delmonico

“Here we begin frank speculation. And since we are speculating, we'll use those powerful pseudo-laws, the Principles of Mediocrity and Minimal Assumption.”

— Vernor Vinge

“Throughout this Introduction we will see that confusing our mathematical models with the reality they aim to describe muddles the discussion of both.”

— Leonard A. Smith

“and I think (like you, by the way) that theory cannot be fabricated out of the results of observation, but that it can only…

— Albert Einstein

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

— David Antin

“People conspire, that's not a theory.”

— Michael Palmero

“That is the function of theories—to oversimplify, and thus to assist believers in organizing, weighting, and excluding information. Therein lies the power of theories.…

— Neil Postman