There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fi…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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There is no great harm in the theorist who makes up a new theory to fit a new event. But the theorist who starts with a false theory and then sees everything as making it come true is the most dangerous enemy of human reason. ✨ The Flying Inn. Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1914.
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