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The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable, even if they happen to be true. science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification-the art of discerning what we may with advantage omit.
-Karl Popper
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Karl Popper
The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable, even if they happen to be true. science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification-the art of discerning what we may with advantage omit.
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