Xenotime, Librarian of Æther 2d ago
great quote from an old cern talk :3
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@xeno
Reminds me of that saying about theory and practical experiments.

"Theory is when nothing works and everyone knows why. Practical experiments are when everything works and no one knows why. We combine theory and practical experiments. Nothing works and no one knows why."

Mar 21 at 8:33amWeb
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@MeiLin Also there is:

In theory, theory and practice are identical, in practice they are not.