#theories

Most of the research which is done is determined by the requirement that it shall, in a fairly obvious and predictable way, reinforce the approved or fashionable theories. ↗

— Celia Green

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Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect. ↗

— Marvin Harris

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How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments. ↗

— David Hilbert

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From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

#country #fond #i #life #lot

Like all social theories, internationalism must seek its basis in the economic and technical fields; here are to be found the most profound and the most decisive factors in the development of society. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#decisive #development #economic #factors #fields

Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone is orchestrating a malicious campaign against Russia. They don't realize that even conservative politicians have to react when newspapers and artists express their concern on such an issue. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#artists #believe #campaign #concern #conservative

Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

#brought #creative #evolution #existence #into

Theories pass. The frog remains. ↗

— Jean Rostand

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