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Re:It Is, in Fact, Rocket Science by nabla9 on Saturday May 16, 2015 @10:35AM (#9556219)
“Genius is 2 per cent inspiration and 98 per cent perspiration.” ― Edison, http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/12/14/genius-ratio/
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Re:It Is, in Fact, Rocket Science by danielam on Saturday May 16, 2015 @01:31PM (#9556904)
Another quote:

"In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind." ―Louis Pasteur

We cannot ignore the influence of prior knowledge on observation and reasoning. Observation is theory- and paradigm-laden. (See also the Duhem-Quine thesis.)

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