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Thespeakerassertsthatcomingupwithatheoryisquiteerronousbeforecollectingdata.ally,

hisclaimisreasonabletosomeextent,especiallywhenitcomestosomeclassicscientificrealm

suchasphysicsandchemistry.Yetweshouldnotlosesightofthefactthatresearchersmayensnare

themselvesinundeupursuingdataandnumber,andsomefieldsreallyneedtheory,oratleast

prediction,beforeconcreteevidence.

Obviously,intherealmofscience,noconvincingtheoryisavailabletobepragmaticbefore

suffucientdatesupportingit.Scientistsandresearchersarealwayssparingnoeffortstoconducting

ecperimentsandsomefollowingstudiesforthepurposeofheringadequateevidencetowarrant

orfindtheories.Dataandnumberinevitablyownthemagicpowertopersuadecitizens,especially

scientists,tohaveconvictionofsomething.Andourhistoryisrelpetedwithavarietyofsuch

example.NewtondiscoveriedNewtonmachenicslawbytestingtimeaftertimewithhundredsof

thousandsnumberanddata;AlbertEinsteinputforwardtheelectrophototheorybycounts

experimentswithadequatedata;Gausswouldthankedtodatatopromotehimtobeagreatexpert

inmathematic.Data,aswingsofbirds,doscientistsandresearchersafavortoflyhighinthe

kingdomoftheunknowworld,benefitinghumanbeingsgenerationaftergeneration.

Howbeit,aunduepursuitfordatainlaboratorywillleadscientistsandresearcherstoa

counterproductivestate,whichlimitstheirrangeofimagination.Unlikelawandconstitution,data

doesnecessarilymeanabsolute

andpower.Conversely,theyarejusthelpfulfriendstoscientistsbecausescientistsare

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