“Evolutionary game theory is a way of thinking about evolution at the phenotypic level when the fitnesses of particular phenotypes depend on their frequencies in the population.” ThinkingWayGamesLevelsParticularTheoryDependsEvolutionPopulationFrequencyWay Of Thinking Book:Evolution and the Theory of Games Source: Evolution and the Theory of Games
“The obstacles facing academic economists are formidable, for tenure and professional advancement still depend to a large extent on a willingness to comply with and to work within the tenets of orthodox theory.” StillsTheoryDependsObstaclesOrthodoxWillingnessAcademicEconomistAdvancementFormidableTenure Author:Paul Ormerod
“It is naïve to suppose that the acceptance of evolution theory depends upon the evidence of a number of so-called "proofs"; it depends rather upon the fact that the evolutionary theory permeates and supports every branch of biological science, much as the notion of the roundness of the earth underlies all geodesy and all cosmological theories on which the shape of the earth has a bearing. Thus antievolutionism is of the same stature as flat-earthism.” FactsEarthNumbersSupportAtheismAcceptanceTheoryDependsEvolutionShapesEvidenceNotionProofBranchesFlatsStatureBiological Science Author:Peter Medawar
“the truth and value of a theory does not depend on the number of people who are interested in it - otherwise you might compare the number of people who follow the predictions of astrologers in the daily press with those who attend lectures by Einstein, and conclude that astrology was more valuable and true than physics.” PeopleDoeMightValuesNumbersTheoryDependsPressesValuablePhysicsComparePopularityPredictionsAstrologyLectures Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“It is clear that everybody interested in science must be interested in world 3 objects. A physical scientist, to start with, may be interested mainly in world 1 objects--say crystals and X-rays. But very soon he must realize how much depends on our interpretation of the facts, that is, on our theories, and so on world 3 objects. Similarly, a historian of science, or a philosopher interested in science must be largely a student of world 3 objects.” WorldMayFactsLanguageRealizingClearObjectsStudentsTheoryDependsScientistPhilosopherInterpretationHistorianRaysCrystalsSubjectivity Book:Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography Source: Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography
“Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.” PracticeTheoryDependsSeparationTruth And JusticeTheory And Practice Author:W. H. Auden
“Psychology should be the chief basic science upon which the practices of education depend. It should have supplied education with the information it needs concerning the processes of understanding, learning, and thinking, among other things. One of the difficulties has been that such theory as has been developed has been based primarily upon studies of behavior of rats and pigeons. As someone has said, some of the theory thus developed has been an insult even to the rat.” ThinkingNeedsShouldHas BeensSaidProcessUnderstandingPracticeStudyPsychologyInformationTheoryDependsBehaviorShould HaveDifficultyChiefsInsultRatsPigeons Author:J. P. Guilford
“Dogbert: So, Since Columbus is dead, you have no evidence that the earth is round. Dilbert: Look. You can Ask Senator John Glenn. He orbited the earth when he was an astronaut. Dogbert: So, your theory depends on the honesty of politicians. Dilbert: Yes... no, wait.” LooksEarthScienceAsksWaitingHonestyTheoryDependsPoliticianEvidenceRoundsSenatorsAstronautColumbusDilbert Author:Scott Adams
“No one can predict whether the earth will be cooler or hotter next year, let alone do anything to change it. If you're afraid of global warming, turn off the lights when you leave the room - but don't participate in the corruption of science, don't scare our kids with unproven cataclysmic theories, and don't try to ban economic energy sources that people living on this planet depend upon today. And don't try to stop progress; it's the only hope the earth has of seeing clean industry, short of exterminating mankind.” PeopleIfsTryingYearsLightKidsTodayEarthTurnsNextEnergyRoomsProgressSeeingEconomicMankindPlanetsTheorySourceDependsIndustryCleanCorruptionGlobal WarmingScareNext YearBansLiving OnTurn OffEnergy SourcesHotter Author:Doug Casey