If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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A theory must be tempered with reality.
No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been.
Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.
Seek truth from facts.
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.
My approach has never been to start from theories to arrive at facts, but on the contrary, to try to bring out from the facts the explanatory thread without which they appear incomprehensible and elude effective action.
If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.
Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.