In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician.
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.
There is nothing like practice.
Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.
There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.
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.
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.
I don't think the scientific method and the science fictional method are really analogous. The thing about them is that neither is really practiced very much, at least not consciously. But the fact that they are methodical does relate them.