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• It is the theory that decides what we can observe. -- Albert Einstein, -- quoted in Bruce Gregory 'Inventing Reality
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• If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.
  -- Maier's Law 1. The bigger the theory, the better....
• Maier's Law: If the facts don't conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.
  Corollaries: (1) The bigger the theory, the better....
• HYPOTHESIS: A prediction based on theory formulated after an experiment is performed designed to account for the ludicrous series of events which have taken place.
• Correspondence Corollary: An experiment may be considered a success if no more than half your data must be discarded to obtain correspondence with your theory.
• No matter what the experiment's result, there will always be someone eager to
  (a) misinterpret it. (b) fake it. or (c) believe it supports his own pet theory....
• Maier's Law: If the facts do not conform to the theory, they must be disposed of.
  -- N.R. Maier, "American Psychologist", March 1960 Corollarie...