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A Scientifically Unimportant Discovery Is One Which, However True And However Interesting For Other Reasons, Has No Consequences For A System Of Theory With Which Scientists In That Field Are Concerned.
-Talcott Parsons
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A Scientifically Unimportant Discovery Is One Which,

Talcott Parsons
A Scientifically Unimportant Discovery Is One Which, However True And However Interesting For Other Reasons, Has No Consequences For A System Of Theory With Which Scientists In That Field Are Concerned.
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