I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way.
Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.
To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.
The incorrectness and weaknesses of a theory cause other minds to formulate the problems more exactly and in this way scientific progress is made.
Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.
Theorists can be wrong; only nature is always right.
Theorists can create all sorts of theories which go beyond the Standard Model. But there's not one bit of experimental evidence to point out which way you should go.