# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Convergence

> His sin was something that scientists had done for thousands of years. Scientists didn’t usually change data, not unless they were outright charlatans. But when facts didn’t agree with theory, there was an awful temptation to find reasons for rejecting the offending data and and hanging on to the theory. Ptolemy had done it. Newton had done it. Darwin had done it. Einstein had done so explicitly.

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Convergence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/convergence.md)
- Page: 353
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sheffield#Convergence_(1997)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/convergence/his-sin-was

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