If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
Interpretation
The quote suggests adapting beliefs or theories to align with observations rather than forcing facts to conform to preconceived ideas.
Albert Einstein's quote emphasizes the importance of flexibility in scientific thinking. When faced with new evidence that contradicts existing theories, rather than stubbornly holding onto outdated beliefs, one should be willing to update or alter the theory to better align with reality. This approach advocates for a mindset that prioritizes truth and understanding over maintaining consistency at all costs.
In practice
In a scientific conference discussing recent discoveries in physics.
I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws. As I said before, the most beautiful and most profound religious emotion that we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. And this mysticality is the power of all true science.
If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.
I want to know all Gods thoughts; all the rest are just details.
In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.
To me the worst thing seems to be a school principally to work with methods of fear, force and artificial authority. Such treatment destroys the sound sentiments, the sincerity and the self-confidence of pupils and produces a subservient subject.
I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.
The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences and the goal of all speculation.
To solve a problem is to create new problems, new knowledge immediately reveals new areas of ignorance, and the need for new experiments. At least, in the field of fast reactions, the experiments do not take very long to perform.
If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment.
Economists (and others) who are satisfied with nature-free equations develop a dangerous hubris about the potency of our species
If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science.
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