But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. Hardly a year passes that fails to find a new, oft-times exotic, research method or technique added to the armamentarium of political inquiry. An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. The great tragedy of science, the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact.
All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect.
Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control future events. The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. The premise is wrong, but the navigation works. An incorrect model can be a useful tool. Kelvin Throop III .