• It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

  Source: A Scandal in Bohemia (1891)

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  British author 1859-1930
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1. insensibly
2. theories
3. instead
4. begins
5. twist
6. facts

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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. by : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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