Karl R. PopperWhenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
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Albert Einstein said, “If a theory contradicts experiment, it is wrong. If an experiment contradicts a theory, then the experiment is wrong.”
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