[F]acts are valueless unless connected and explained by a correct theory; [...] analogies are very dangerous grounds of inference, unless carefully founded on similar conditions; [...] experience misleads if it be misinterpreted. (William Stanley Jevons)

[F]acts are valueless unless connected and explained by a correct theory; [...] analogies are very dangerous grounds of inference, unless carefully founded on similar conditions; [...] experience misleads if it be misinterpreted.

William Stanley Jevons

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