Friday Wisdom – facts

Posted on 01/27/2017 by Andrew Reynolds

The great tragedy of science — the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Thomas Henry Huxley

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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14 Responses to Friday Wisdom – facts

  1. Debra says:
    01/29/2017 at 6:23 pm

    Really messes with keeping alternative facts straight!

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  2. ParentingIsFunny says:
    01/28/2017 at 3:42 pm

    I guess we shouldn’t test hypotheses lest they prove incorrect.

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  3. PiedType says:
    01/27/2017 at 8:54 am

    Ha, perfectly fits the current goings on in the White House.

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  4. Jacqui Murray says:
    01/27/2017 at 8:21 am

    Pesky facts. What exactly is a ‘fact’ anyway?

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  5. Coisas EM'adeira says:
    01/27/2017 at 7:26 am

    LOL

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  6. Phoebe Chi (Puppydoc) says:
    01/27/2017 at 5:56 am

    Love this quote. So true. 🙂

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  7. davidprosser says:
    01/27/2017 at 5:48 am

    As Trump will attest, these facts do keep getting in the way.
    Hugs

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