Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire Quote

I see theories as balloons. Their makers inflate them, their admirers over-inflate them; and they generally burst from over-inflation.


An Introduction to a Biology, Appendix to an Introduction to Biology (p. 105)


I see theories as balloons. Their makers inflate them, their admirers over-inflate them; and they generally burst from over-inflation.

I see theories as balloons. Their makers inflate them, their admirers over-inflate them; and they generally burst from over-inflation.

I see theories as balloons. Their makers inflate them, their admirers over-inflate them; and they generally burst from over-inflation.

I see theories as balloons. Their makers inflate them, their admirers over-inflate them; and they generally burst from over-inflation.