Maier's Law: If The Facts Don't Conform To The Theory, They Must Be Disposed Of.

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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.
(2) The experiment may be considered a success if no more than
50% of the observed measurements must be discarded to
obtain a correspondence with the theory.

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