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“Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.”

Knows Would Be Theory Useless Idle Conjecture

Book:Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson

Source: Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; with Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Selected and Arranged from Dr. Boswell's Life of Johnson

“All doctrines relating to the creation of the world, the government of man by superior beings, and his destiny after death, are conjectures which have been given out as facts, handed down with many adornments by tradition, and accepted by posterity as "revealed religion". They are theories more or less rational which uncivilised men have devised in order to explain the facts of life, and which civilised men believe that they believe.”

Source: The Martyrdom of Man

“There may be a soul of the world, there may be ... a psychical side, of which we are not aware, to every atom in the universe, and the psychical side, like the moon, may show us ever but the one face, the other forever in the shadow; but, at best, this is only a conjecture, it presents no solid foundation upon which to rest a theory.”

World May Soul Shows Faces Universe Sides Forever Theory Moon Shadow Foundation Atoms Conjecture Solid Foundation

Author:John Grier Hibben

“Every theory in philosophy, which is built on pure conjecture, is an elephant; and every theory that is supported partly by fact, and partly by conjecture, is like Nebuchadnezzar's image, whose feet were partly of iron, and partly of clay.”

Philosophy Facts Feet Theory Pure Built Iron Elephants Clay Conjecture

Book:Philosophical works

Source: Philosophical works

“I think it actually makes more sense for a new audience than the old show did because we're focusing on one character at a time. It's all conjecture why somebody didn't watch, but one of the theories was that there was just so much information, even in the trailers and promos, of all these different people.”

People Thinking Different Character Shows Watches Audience Information Theory Different Peoples Trailers Conjecture

Author:Mitchell Hurwitz