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Submission to the experimental data is the golden rule that dominates any scientific discipline.

— Maurice Allais

La soumission aux données de l'expérience est la règle d'or qui domine toute discipline scientifique.

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Speech on being awarded the Academician sword, address to the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (19 October 1993)

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