It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead
of theories to suit facts.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: Scandal in Bohemia"
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead
of theories to suit facts.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Sherlock Holmes: Scandal in Bohemia"
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