Theory and fact are equally strong and utterly interdependent; one has no meaning without the other. We need theory to organize and interpret facts, even to know what we can or might observe. And we need facts to validate theories and give them substance.


Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History (ed. Harmony, 1998)

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

Theory and fact are equally strong and utterly interdependent; one has no meaning without the other. We need theory to organize and interpret facts,...

Theory and fact are equally strong and utterly interdependent; one has no meaning without the other. We need theory to organize and interpret facts,...

Theory and fact are equally strong and utterly interdependent; one has no meaning without the other. We need theory to organize and interpret facts,...

Theory and fact are equally strong and utterly interdependent; one has no meaning without the other. We need theory to organize and interpret facts,...