Quotes About Theory

The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks.

Apenas se puede negar que el objetivo supremo de toda teoría es hacer los elementos básicos tan simples y tan poco numerosos como sea posible, sin renunciar a la representación adecuada de un simple dato

No fairer destiny could be allotted to any physical theory than that it should of itself point out the way to the introduction of a more comprehensive theory, in which it lives on as a limiting case.

A scientific theory should be as simple as possible, but no simpler

La théorie, c'est quand on sait tout et que rien ne fonctionne. La pratique, c'est quand tout fonctionne et que personne ne sait pourquoi. Ici, nous avons réuni théorie et pratique : Rien ne fonctionne… et personne ne sait pourquoi

Kuantum mekaniÄŸi konusunda çok çal??mak gerekir.Ama içimden bir ses bana bunun her ÅŸeyin çözümü olmad???n? söylüyor.Bu teoriyle birçok ÅŸey aç?klan?yor; ama hala O'nun s?rr?n? çözebilmiÅŸ deÄŸiliz.Ben yine de O'nun zar at?p kumar oynad???n?,hiç mi hiç sanm?yorum.

La estructura del espacio no está determinada hasta que no sea conocida la funcióng-nyu-v. También se puede decir que la estructura de un espacio tal está, por sí mismo, completamente indeterminada.

Sobre la teoría de la relatividad] Debido a que el campo gravitatorio queda determinado por la configuración de masas y varía al variar dicha configuración, la estructura geométrica de este espacio depende también de los factores físicos. El espacio ya no es, pues, según esta teoría - exactamente como lo había presentido Riemann - absoluto, sino que su estructura depende de influencias físicas

Albert Einstein

A truly rational theory would allow us to deduce the elementary particles (electron, etc.) and not be forced to state them a priori.

The scientific theorist is not to be envied. For Nature, or more precisely experiment, is an inexorable and not very friendly judge of his work. It never says Yes to a theory. In the most favorable cases it says Maybe, and in the great majority of cases simply No. If an experiment agrees with a theory it means for the latter Maybe, and if it does not agree it means No. Probably every theory will someday experience its No - most theories, soon after conception.

It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.

There is no doubt, that the special theory of relativity, if we regard its development in retrospect, was ripe for discovery in 1905.

We must remember that we do not observe nature as it actually exists, but nature exposed to our methods of perception. The theories determine what we can or cannot observe... Reality is an illusion, albeit a persistent one.

Then I would have felt sorry for the dear lord, because the theory is correct.

if the facts don't fit the theory change the facts

Another interesting way in which the mechanistic worldview is being transcended is through discoveries having to do with chaos theory. It seems that systems of various kinds often exist in a state of chaos or, as they say, "on the edge of chaos," and then suddenly and unpredictably there emerges something called a "strange attractor" that rearranges the chaos into some new order.

And it's frustrating because you've never been taught how to bridge the gap between theory and practice, between your New Year's resolutions and your actual behaviour.

All our science is just a cookery book, with an orthodox theory of cooking that nobody's allowed to question, and a list of recipes that mustn't be added to except by special permission from the head cook.

In religion as in natural science, experience is determined only by experience. It is fatal to prejudge it, to compel it to fit the mould imposed by a theory which either does not correspond to the facts at all, or corresponds to only some of the facts.

One knew in theory very well that others spoke of one contemptuously?—as one spoke of them. In practice?—it was hard to believe.

Isabel's private theory of moral proximity, the basis of those obligations that came into existence when we found ourselves close enough to others to be able to witness or feel their needs, or when we were in some other way linked to their plight. We could not deal with all the suffering or need in the world, but we could—and should—deal with that sliver of suffering that was reasonably close to us.

Anna developed her theory. "In other words, Signe is framing Bim for a crime that she committed herself." "This is becoming complicated," said Ulf. "Life is complicated, Ulf. That's the problem." "And we exist to un-complicate it?" Anna smiled. "Yes. And isn't it nice to know why you exist?

Remember, always, that everything you know, and everything everyone knows, is only a model. Get your model out there where it can be viewed. Invite others to challenge your assumptions and add their own.