Arthur Conan Doyle quote about theory from A Scandal in Bohemia - It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
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“ It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. ”
 Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia (1891). copy citation

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Author Arthur Conan Doyle
Source A Scandal in Bohemia
Topic theory facts data
Date 1891
Language English
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Arthur Conan Doyle quote about theory from A Scandal in Bohemia - It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
Arthur Conan Doyle quote about theory from A Scandal in Bohemia - It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.