Conjugation and Genetic Recombination in Escherichia coli K-12
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology · 1956 · 217 citations · 0 references
Cognitive ScienceGood RuleMedicineImprecise ProbabilityMolecular BiologyEpistemologyStatistical InferenceMicrobiologyRecombination DynamicMolecular MicrobiologyPlausible ReasoningObservational ResultsStatisticsSocial SciencesOvermuch ConfidenceMicrobial Genetics
"… it is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they have been confirmed by theory."