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If any... work gives a description of phenomena that appeals to...…

Quote byKarl Pearson · 1857–1936

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Grammar of Science (1900), Introductory.

English (original)

If any... work gives a description of phenomena that appeals to... imagination rather than to... reason, then it is bad science.

— Karl Pearson

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