#speculation

There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change. ↗

— Edward Witten

#classical #einstein #gravity #history #long

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. ↗

— Paul Getty

#leads #nostalgia #often #speculation

When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#any #closely #come #described #explicit

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#confirms #destroys #nature #speculation #time

Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting. ↗

— Adam Lambert

#i think #interesting #keeps #really #speculation

The one thing that's absolutely clear is that Karl was not the source for the leak and there's no basis for any additional speculation. ↗

— Robert Luskin

#additional #any #basis #clear #karl

The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#friend #gross #order #political #present

I've been to the other side...You're dead there, too. ↗

— Courtney Kirchoff

#death-and-dying #death

The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences and the goal of all speculation. ↗

— Roger Bacon

#experience #experimental #goal #long #nothing

Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science. ↗

— Hal Clement

#only #perfectly #right #science #speculation