bifurcationists in the laboratory would be like atheists in the trenches

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An example of analogy in writing about science:

"…the experimentalist does not accept the Cartesian philosophy, which is to say he [or she] treats his [or her] apparatus not as a mathematical structure but as a perceivable object. Even as there are said to be 'no atheists in the trenches', so indeed there are no bifurcationists in the laboratory."

Wolfgang Smith

Smith, W. (2015). Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions. A critique of contemporary scientism. Angelico Press / Sophia Perennis

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.