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Latest comment: 11 years ago by Sburke in topic Bridgman and Bad Theory

Bridgman and Bad Theory

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This is widely quoted:

The physicist w:Percy Williams Bridgman supposedly said: “A coincidence is what you have left over when you apply a bad theory.

...but I can't find a primary source for it. And Google Books isn't being terribly helpful with fulltext searches of his writings, at the moment. —Sburke (talk) 05:22, 22 January 2013 (UTC)Reply