"It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data."
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- It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Arthur Conan Doyle, english... - It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories... - It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence.
It biases the judgment... - Ambition has but one reward for all:
A little power,
a little transient fame, a grave to rest in, and a... - To boldly code what no one has coded
before... - Boldly backing away from where no one has gone
before... - There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) ... - Finagle's Third Law
In any collection of data,
the figure most obviously correct, beyond all... - No one is listening until you make a
mistake...
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- It is easy to welcome innovation and accept new ideas.
What most people find difficult, however, is accepting... - Societies should try to save every plant and animal species,
regardless of the expense to humans in effort, time... - As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible,
but more complex and more mysterious... - The arts (music, dance, visual arts, etc.) are vitally important to students' education and should therefore receive as much emphasis as mathematics,
science, reading and other mainstream subjects... - An individual's greatness cannot be judged objectively by his or her contemporaries;
the most objective evaluators of a person's greatness...
