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Friday, May 15. 2020

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Two of them (h/t a commenter somewhere):


" If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part."


"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."


- Richard P. Feynman

Posted by The Barrister in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 16:19 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Most of what we have "known" to be true over the last 3000 years has been proven wrong. Even then it is not uncommon that some of these wrong ideas and theories resurface and are again believed until they are once again proven to be wrong. Global warming or climate change is a great example of this.
#1 Lee on 2020-05-15 18:04 (Reply)
Good to know all those other people are wrong, ain't it?
#2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2020-05-15 18:19 (Reply)
GOOD? How about frightening? To know that SOME people are wrong and unwilling to consider they might be, but willing to make decisions for the rest of us based on their wrongheadedness.
#2.1 Mike Anderson (Link) on 2020-05-16 08:31 (Reply)
Good Feynman quotes! I can't place the first one, but the second one is from the commencement address he gave at Caltech in 1974: Cargo Cult Science. It's worth reading the whole thing.
#3 The Switchel Philosopher / The Switchel Traveler (Link) on 2020-05-15 18:20 (Reply)
The AJC had a poll that said only 2% of Georgians were in favor of Governor Kemp's decision.

But then, they are very competent at polling because they only poll their readership.

They are ALWAYS opposed to whatever Republican Governors do.
#4 oolioo on 2020-05-15 18:30 (Reply)
Two more Feynman quotes:

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."
"The experts who are leading you may be wrong."

Both from a talk he gave in 1966: What is Science?
#5 The Switchel Philosopher / The Switchel Traveler (Link) on 2020-05-15 20:34 (Reply)
My favorite Feynmann quote:

"It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong."
#6 Hairless Joe on 2020-05-16 10:14 (Reply)

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