He seems to be creating a false dichotomy here. All good empirical scientists that I know expect theory and data to work together. After all, the very definition of a scientific theory is that it is the best explanation of the empirical data.
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Steve Easterbrook commented on Lawrence Summers on the Problems of Academia on January 14, 2008, 2:10 PM
He seems to be creating a false dichotomy here. All good empirical scientists that I know expect theory and data to work together. After all, the very definition of a scientific theory is that it is the best explanation of the empirical data.