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It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

Arthur Conan Doyle on facts

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891–1892), A Scandal in Bohemia

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