Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 259 | My astonishment must have been obvious. |
| 2 | 260 | "Yes," he said, "but since the hypothesis of another world is regarded as so incredible, this evidence has been interpreted to accord with other theories; sometimes even imperfections in instrumentation have been supposed rather than admit the presence of another world in our solar system". |
| 2 | 261 | "But why would this evidence not be understood?" I asked. |
| 2 | 262 | "Surely you know," he laughed, "one must distinguish between the data to be interpreted and the interpretation of the data, and one chooses, normally, the interpretation that preserves as much as possible of the old world view, and, in the thinking of the Earth, there is no place for gor, its true sister planet, the Counter-Earth". |
| 2 | 263 | My father had finished speaking. |
| 2 | 264 | He rose and gripped me by the shoulders, held me for a moment and smiled. |
| 2 | 265 | Then silently the door in the wall slid aside, and he strode from the room. |
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My astonishment must have been obvious.
"Yes," he said, "but since the hypothesis of another world is regarded as so incredible, this evidence has been interpreted to accord with other theories; sometimes even imperfections in instrumentation have been supposed rather than admit the presence of another world in our solar system".
"But why would this evidence not be understood?" I asked.
"Surely you know," he laughed, "one must distinguish between the data to be interpreted and the interpretation of the data, and one chooses, normally, the interpretation that preserves as much as possible of the old world view, and, in the thinking of the Earth, there is no place for gor, its true sister planet, the Counter-Earth".
My father had finished speaking.
He rose and gripped me by the shoulders, held me for a moment and smiled.
Then silently the door in the wall slid aside, and he strode from the room.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )