The Advance Of Science Can Be Measured By The Rate At Which Exceptions To Previously Held Laws Accumulate.

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The advance of science can be measured by the rate at which
exceptions to previously held laws accumulate.
Corollaries:
1. Exceptions always outnumber rules.
2. There are always exceptions to established exceptions.
3. By the time one masters the exceptions, no one recalls
the rules to which they apply.
-- First Law of Scientific Progress

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