A Quote by Harlow Shapley

No one trusts a model except the man who wrote it; everyone trusts an observation, except the man who made it.

Harlow Shapley

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Harlow Shapley
American - Astronomer
November 2, 1885 - October 20, 1972

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A man trusts another man when he sees enough of himself in him.

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