Which do you think is more important: theory or practice?

If the former, then if there's a solid theory, you expect it to work in practice.

If the latter, then you first create a working thing and then abduct out the theory.

The scientist vs the engineer.

meaning.

Some people are happy to just execute and never abduct the model.

Some people are happy to just theorize and never get it working for real.

For me, the building of the model is where the meaning is created.

I love building first, but I need to later abduct the model out for it to have