In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.

  • -- Talcott Parsons 帕森斯

只要这种理论在经验上是正确的,它还将告诉我们,在给定的一组情况下,应该能够观察到哪些经验事实。

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There could be no fairer destiny for any physical theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on as a limiting case.

对任何物理理论来说,没有比这更公平的命运了:它应该为一种更全面的理论指明道路,在这种理论中,它作为一种极限情况而存在。

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

一盎司的行动抵得上一吨的理论。