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Theory tends to emerge as a profession as a science matures… | blogjou

Murray Gell-Mann

The Quark and the Jaguar

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31 Aug 2021

Theory tends to emerge as a profession as a science matures...


Theory tends to emerge as a profession as a science matures and as the depth and power of theoretical methods increase. But the roles of theory and observation should be regarded as distinct whether or not there are separate classes of practitioners for the two activities.