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Much Early Alchemy Seems To Have Been Adventure. You Heated And Mixed And Burnt And Pounded And To See What Would Happen. An Adventure Might Suggest An Hypothesis That Can Subsequently Be Tested, But Adventure Is Prior To Theory.

Statistics Began As The Systematic Study Of Quantitative Facts About The State.

The Important Thing Is To Be Able To Understand Anyone Who Has Something Useful To Say. - There Is A General Moral Here. Be Very Careful And Very Clear About What You Say. But Do Not Be Dogmatic About Your Own Language. Be Prepared To Express Any Careful Thought In The Language Your Audience Will Understand. And Be Prepared To Learn From Someone Who Talks A Language With Which You Are Not Familiar.

Opinion Is The Companion Of Probability Within The Medieval Epistemology.

In Each Case You Settle On An Act. Doing Nothing At All Counts As An Act.