Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. - Claude Bernard

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Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations.

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About Claude Bernard

Claude Bernard (July 12, 1813 – February 10, 1878) was a French physiologist.

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Our language, in fact, is only approximate, and even in science it is so indefinite that if we lose sight of phenomena and cling to words, we are speedily outside of reality.… [W]e must always cling to phenomena and see in words only expressions empty of meaning, if the phenomena they represent are not definite, or if they are absent.

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