It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

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See also | It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment. | Arthur Conan Doyle( 1887), A Study in Scarlet , Part 1, chap. 3

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