Theorists should 'get in the mud' and run risky, ridiculous-looking experiments (like Sheldrake's studies of dogs sensing owners returning) because going into the empirical trenches—risking ridicule—is what makes theories land on earth, unlike armchair theorizing.
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Alex Gómez-MarínEvidence Quote
“if I go and sit with a blind person and I try to have that and I tell it to you I look like a fool. But I think we need more of those fools so that the theories can really land on earth.”
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