What was Lenard's view on theoretical physics?

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I believed that true understanding in physics must originate from direct, tangible observation and rigorous experimentation. Theories that detached themselves too far from demonstrable physical phenomena, particularly those that relied on abstract concepts without clear empirical grounding, I found suspect. My conviction was that the physical reality, the world we can touch and measure, should be the ultimate arbiter of scientific truth, not intricate mathematical constructs divorced from observable facts.

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