I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art.
One very important aspect of string theory is definitely testable. That was the prediction of supersymmetry, which emerged from string theory in the early '70s.
A valid scientific theory is predictive, verifiable, and replicable. To me, that's beautiful.
My provocative statement is that we desperately need a serious, scientific theory of cities and scientific theory means quantifiable, relying on underlying generic principles that can be made in a - put into a predictive framework. That's the quest.
I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.
The predominant theory of the origin of the universe is the Big Bang.
It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.
I trained in psychiatry in the 1970s, and much of our training was about what was then psychoanalytic theory, with a little bit of theory from Jungian psychology and a few other places.
Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud's psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around the country as a tool for interpreting literary texts but has rarely, if ever, been discussed in science departments.
First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.
Falsifiability for a theory is great, but a theory can still be respectable even if it is not falsifiable, as long as it is verifiable.
A good scientific theory is one which is falsifiable, which has not been falsified.
I studied physics at university, and I'm still a sucker for an experiment or scientific theory.
Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.
Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.
In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.
In the field of aesthetic theory, humans are pattern-seeking creatures. That can be seen in terms of musical structures, patternmaking, even in terms of storytelling and literature.
In theory, and I think in practice, I am immune to the strain of Ebola that I was infected with. But there are five different strains of Ebola.
A theory must be tempered with reality.
