Theorist
noun
A person who comes up with ideas or explanations about how things work.
Albert Einstein was a famous physicist and theorist.
Often appears as...
- political theorist
- scientific theorist
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Academic
noun
A person who develops a set of ideas on a particular subject.
Marx was a significant theorist in the field of sociology.
Often appears as...
- social theorist
- cultural theorist
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Academic
noun
A person who comes up with ideas or explanations about how things work.
Albert Einstein was a famous physicist and theorist.
Often appears as...
- political theorist
- scientific theorist
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A person who develops a set of ideas on a particular subject.
Marx was a significant theorist in the field of sociology.
Often appears as...
- social theorist
- cultural theorist
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Innovation Implication
Implies developing new, original ideas rather than following established theories.
As a climate change theorist, she challenges conventional methods with innovative models.
Pro Tip 2/3Practicality Varies
Not all theorists' ideas are directly applicable; some are more conceptual.
The theorist's ideas on time travel are fascinating but not yet practical.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Proven
A theorist's work is often speculative and awaits experimental verification.
The quantum theorist proposed a bold hypothesis that has yet to be tested.
Pro Tip 1/3Innovation Implication
Implies developing new, original ideas rather than following established theories.
As a climate change theorist, she challenges conventional methods with innovative models.
Pro Tip 2/3Practicality Varies
Not all theorists' ideas are directly applicable; some are more conceptual.
The theorist's ideas on time travel are fascinating but not yet practical.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Proven
A theorist's work is often speculative and awaits experimental verification.
The quantum theorist proposed a bold hypothesis that has yet to be tested.
Pro Tip 1/3Innovation Implication
Implies developing new, original ideas rather than following established theories.
As a climate change theorist, she challenges conventional methods with innovative models.
Pro Tip 2/3Practicality Varies
Not all theorists' ideas are directly applicable; some are more conceptual.
The theorist's ideas on time travel are fascinating but not yet practical.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Proven
A theorist's work is often speculative and awaits experimental verification.
The quantum theorist proposed a bold hypothesis that has yet to be tested.
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Science can answer moral...
Edward Witten he's a string theorist if you ask the smartest physicists around who's the smartest physicist around in my experience half of them will say ed Witten the other half will tell you they don't like the question so what would happen if I showed up at a physics conference and said string theory is
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Mick Ebeling: The...
literally every corner of the world -- into our house. My wife and kids and I moved to our back garage, and these hackers and programmers and conspiracy theorists and anarchists took over our house. A lot of our friends thought we were absolutely stupid to do that and that we were going to come back
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Tom Wujec: Got a wicked...
Now, though this might seem trivial, it's actually really important. This rapid iteration of expressing and then reflecting and analyzing is really the only way in which we get clarity. It's the essence of the design process. And systems theorists do tell us
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E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
and theorists often serve as architects in the expanding realm of science, the remaining large majority of basic applied scientists, including a large portion of those who could be said to be of the first rank, are the ones who map the terrain, they scout
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So we were trying to be extremely cool about it. And the world ran with it anyway. The news loved it. People said it reminded them of the little bump that was shown on the way toward the Higgs boson discovery. Better than that, my theorist colleagues --
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Have we reached the end...
And this value is crucial. If it were a tiny bit different, then there would be no physical structure in the universe. So this is the first of our dangerous numbers, the strength of the Higgs field. Theorists have spent decades trying to understand
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Bringing science to life...
versus private consumerism in the planet Emily escapes Newton's universe and finds one that looks more like her life full of uncertainty turbulence unpredictability chaos and worse chaos theorists in chaos theory one
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T. Boone Pickens: Let's...
Now let me take you -- I've been a realist -- I went from theorist early to realist. I'm back to theorist again. If you look at the world, you have methane hydrates in the ocean around every continent.
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Chimps vs. Humans:...
to introduce myself a little bit I am a game theorist I work on models of conflict and cooperation that have applications in economics political science and elsewhere in life I think
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Ivan Krastev: Can...
I'm afraid I'm one of those speakers you hope you're not going to meet at TED. First, I don't have a mobile, so I'm on the safe side. Secondly, a political theorist
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Science can answer moral...
Edward Witten he's a string theorist if you ask the smartest physicists around who's the smartest physicist around in my experience half of them will say ed Witten the other half will tell you they don't like the question so what would happen if I showed up at a physics conference and said string theory is
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Mick Ebeling: The...
literally every corner of the world -- into our house. My wife and kids and I moved to our back garage, and these hackers and programmers and conspiracy theorists and anarchists took over our house. A lot of our friends thought we were absolutely stupid to do that and that we were going to come back
Video examples
Tom Wujec: Got a wicked...
Now, though this might seem trivial, it's actually really important. This rapid iteration of expressing and then reflecting and analyzing is really the only way in which we get clarity. It's the essence of the design process. And systems theorists do tell us
Video examples
E.O. Wilson: Advice to...
and theorists often serve as architects in the expanding realm of science, the remaining large majority of basic applied scientists, including a large portion of those who could be said to be of the first rank, are the ones who map the terrain, they scout
Video examples
How we explore...
So we were trying to be extremely cool about it. And the world ran with it anyway. The news loved it. People said it reminded them of the little bump that was shown on the way toward the Higgs boson discovery. Better than that, my theorist colleagues --
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Have we reached the end...
And this value is crucial. If it were a tiny bit different, then there would be no physical structure in the universe. So this is the first of our dangerous numbers, the strength of the Higgs field. Theorists have spent decades trying to understand
Video examples
Bringing science to life...
versus private consumerism in the planet Emily escapes Newton's universe and finds one that looks more like her life full of uncertainty turbulence unpredictability chaos and worse chaos theorists in chaos theory one
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T. Boone Pickens: Let's...
Now let me take you -- I've been a realist -- I went from theorist early to realist. I'm back to theorist again. If you look at the world, you have methane hydrates in the ocean around every continent.
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Chimps vs. Humans:...
to introduce myself a little bit I am a game theorist I work on models of conflict and cooperation that have applications in economics political science and elsewhere in life I think
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Ivan Krastev: Can...
I'm afraid I'm one of those speakers you hope you're not going to meet at TED. First, I don't have a mobile, so I'm on the safe side. Secondly, a political theorist
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Jonathan Raymond
American Writer
I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune, ecstasy, that kind of thing. But no, contemporary urban theorists seem satisfied with the merely livable, which always sounds to me like the merely survivable, the not so bad.
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Sheldon Lee Glashow
American Physicist
What the string theorists do is arguably physics. It deals with the physical world. They're attempting to make a consistent theory that explains the interactions we see among particles and gravity as well. That's certainly physics, but it's a kind of physics that is not yet testable.
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Abhijit Banerjee
American Economist
What's nice about experiments is that they are much more closely tied to what theorists think about the world than normal empirical research. You can design your experiment to exactly ask the question you want to ask. This is not true about normal empirical research.
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Rudolph A. Marcus
Canadian Scientist
My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
Without a tutor to help me in the study of Marxism-Leninism, I was no more than a theorist and, of course, had total confidence in the Soviet Union.
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Yanis Varoufakis
Greek Politician
Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
I'm not a conspiracy theorist - I'm a conspiracy analyst.
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David Gross
American Physicist
Theorists can be wrong; only nature is always right.
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
I'm not a communist, just a media theorist.
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Bob Baffert
American Celebrity
I'm not a conspiracy theorist.
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Jonathan Raymond
American Writer
I always thought the point of life was something richer than that. Something full of great tragedy or comedy, reversal of fortune, ecstasy, that kind of thing. But no, contemporary urban theorists seem satisfied with the merely livable, which always sounds to me like the merely survivable, the not so bad.
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Sheldon Lee Glashow
American Physicist
What the string theorists do is arguably physics. It deals with the physical world. They're attempting to make a consistent theory that explains the interactions we see among particles and gravity as well. That's certainly physics, but it's a kind of physics that is not yet testable.
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Abhijit Banerjee
American Economist
What's nice about experiments is that they are much more closely tied to what theorists think about the world than normal empirical research. You can design your experiment to exactly ask the question you want to ask. This is not true about normal empirical research.
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Rudolph A. Marcus
Canadian Scientist
My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
Without a tutor to help me in the study of Marxism-Leninism, I was no more than a theorist and, of course, had total confidence in the Soviet Union.
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Yanis Varoufakis
Greek Politician
Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
I'm not a conspiracy theorist - I'm a conspiracy analyst.
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David Gross
American Physicist
Theorists can be wrong; only nature is always right.
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
I'm not a communist, just a media theorist.
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Bob Baffert
American Celebrity
I'm not a conspiracy theorist.
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