more heat than light
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
more heat than light (uncountable)
- More passion or conflict than enlightenment or illumination on a subject.
- 1996, Stephen Edelston Toulmin, Björn Gustavsen, Beyond Theory: Changing Organizations Through Participation (page 1)
- So, in any overall account of the social sciences, disputes are liable to break out about what is, or is not, truly scientific research; and, too often, these disputes generate more heat than light.
- 1996, Stephen Edelston Toulmin, Björn Gustavsen, Beyond Theory: Changing Organizations Through Participation (page 1)