...found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. This exaltation of the second law is not unreasonable. There are other laws which we have strong reason...

...found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the Second...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation." B The cornucopian economists with their pet theories of perpetual physical growth are in the unenviable...

...Economic Association, The American Economic Review, Vol. LXIV, Number 2, May, 1974. (By Herman E. Daly*) But if your theory is found to be against the second...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. Sir Arthur Eddington, My title is somewhat pretentious since at present this "new economics" consists...

...second law to be the most binding in nature. He says theories cannot be easily dislodged, however, ". . .if your theory is found to be against the second...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. "1? Evolutionists contend that there must be 1,000,000 technical civilizations in our galaxy. 18 so...

...found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. In passing we note that Eddington's admonition remains strikingly relevant today when discussing the...

...found to be contradicted by observation—well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the Second...there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.5 Economists, however, are not without some excuse for their predicament. They do not really...

...The second law of thermodynamics holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature ... If your theory is found to be against the second law...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation . . . But since prejudice in favor of a never-ending cycle of rebirth of matter and worlds is often...

...found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. (Eddington 1928, pp. 74-75) the laws of probability; thus was its provenance moved from the world of...

...always increases holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation." AS EDDINGTON, "The Nature of the Physical World", 1928 In the previous paragraph, we have considered...

...found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second...nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.' . 5 If the lack of an open mind shocks you, ask what would happen if scientists had completely open...