Einstein wrote in his scientific papers that the two postulates of relativity were no more than ‘hunches’ that he decided to elevate to the status of postulates—without recourse to experiment or testing. The aesthetics of these hunches is what convinced him of their worth. [1]
Terrence Rosenburg
[1] Terrence Rosenburg, The Reservoir: Towards a Poetic Model of Research in Design, Working Papers in Art and Design 1, Accessed December 5 2014, https://www.herts.ac.uk/_data/assets/pdf_file/0017/12293/WPIAAD_vol1_rosenburg.pdf ISSN 1466-4917.