“Nothing will come of nothing.” (William Shakespeare, King Lear)

    “Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.” (Blaise Pascal, Pensées, The Misery of Man Without God)

    “The… ‘lumniferous ether’ will prove to be superfluous as the view to be developed here will eliminate [the condition of] absolute rest in space.” (Albert Einstein, On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies)



ButterflyEffect:

    In his talk, Feynman made the point that before publishing any scientific results, we should think of all the possible ways that we could be wrong. “The first principle” he said, “is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.”

That is a powerful statement to make. Feynman is one of the most interesting people, I really need to get around to reading Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!.


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