Of course, if one ignores ...

Of course, if one ignores contradictory observations, one can claim to have an "elegant" or "robust" theory. But it isn't science.
 Halton Arp

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I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you will most likely wind up with an academic who is completely impervious to reality.
 Halton Arp