A Theory That You Can’t Explain to a Bartender Is Probably No Damn Good
A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.
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Topic: “Theory”
🔎 Lexicon containing “Theory”
Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
Systems Theory
An approach that studies entities as interconnected wholes, emphasizing relationships, patterns, and dynamics over isolated parts.
Coherence Theory
A theory of truth or justification holding that beliefs are true or justified when they form a coherent system.
Theory
A coherent framework or system of ideas explaining phenomena or relationships.
Coincidence Theory
The theory positing that any unique or peculiar observation or occurrence is merely a coincidence.
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→ Browse Full Topics Directory💬 Quote Library — containing “Theory”
A Structure Which Has No Relation to Reality
Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments and they wander off through equation after equation and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
📖 Excerpts Library
Earth Had to Be a Sphere
It is not so much that certain educated men had not already theorized that Earth was round, but that with the return of the first ship Victoria the expedition’s wealthy financial backers had visual evidence that ships could circumnavigate the...
Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty
Not upon Any Theory or Abstract Model of the Universe
It is evident that Teilhard does not resonate to the biblical world-view. Not only does he find it staticist and narrow, but he thinks that it is based upon "the Alexandrine" cosmology (whatever that might be). What Teilhard fails to...
Source: Teilhardism And The New Religion by Wolfgang Smith
Concept of the Earth Revolving—Axially and Orbitally—Around the Sun
The term [revolution] derives from the Latin substantive revolutio, which was unknown in classical Latin but was used in the early Middle Ages by St. Augustine and other Christian writers. Translated into Italian as rivoluzione in the early Renaissance and...
Source: Fire in the Minds of Men by James H. Billington
We Are Using Philosophical Criteria in Choosing Our Models
"People need to be aware that there is a range of models that could explain the observations," Ellis argues. "For instance, I can construct you a spherically symmetrical universe with Earth at its center, and you cannot disprove it based...
Do You Suppose It Is Beyond Us to Produce a Dual System of Astronomy?
Do you suppose it is beyond us to produce a dual system of astronomy? The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them. Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? Have you forgotten doublethink?
Source: 1984 by George Orwell
The Slaying of a Beautiful Hypothesis by an Ugly Fact
It is the supreme challenge, and a brutal one, but every scientific theory must be testable and compatible with reality. The nineteenth-century naturalist Thomas Huxley stated it thus: ‘The great tragedy of Science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Did the Earth Really Orbit the Sun?
Another reason why the Greeks rejected Aristarchus’ Solar System was its apparent failure to stand up to scientific scrutiny. Aristarchus had built a model of the universe that was supposed to match reality, but it was not clear that his...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
Different Theories Add Strength to the Edifice
This architecture of scientific logic has an inherent beauty which emerges from how various arguments fit together, how several measurements interlock with one another, and how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
This Is Essentially an Artistic Task
Science has given new answers to all these problems in recent years but most of the people do not know them. And those who know, often do not feel them. For this reason, Mr. Frank considers the rebuilding of our...
Nothing More than Reflected Sunlight
Throw in some assumptions, such as moonlight being nothing more than reflected sunlight, and a framework of scientific logic takes shape.
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
🎼 Song Excerpts
Gotta Another Theory You Want Me To Hear?
Gotta another theory you want me to hear? Taking your refuge in your reason, just to beat the fear that we don't know why we're here
When the Earth Folded In on Itself
Will you tell me what you saw, and I'll tell you what you missed, when the ocean met the sky - You missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye - When the Earth folded in on itself
My Creation, Is It Real?
My creation, is it real?
It’s My Own Design, It’s My Own Remorse
It's my own design It's my own remorse
🧵 Narrative Threads containing “Theory”
Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
Think About the Place Where You Live
If you are confused, check with the sun. Carry a compass to help you along. Your feet are going to be on the ground. Your head is there to move you around.
And I Will Try To Fix You…
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures
Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be so hard. I’m going back to the start.
High Time We Made a Stand
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read.
We Built This City on Rock and Roll
…how different theories are suddenly introduced to add strength to the edifice.
