On 06/09/2013 04:22 PM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" <cardemaister@...> wrote: >> Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. >> >> -- Richard Feynman >> > What that means is, you can question the experts' idea, if you think it is > wrong, and find a better explanation, if you can prove it. This passage does > not mean unthinking acceptance of what experts say is true, if that was the > intent of your posting this. > > 'The only way to have real success in science, the field I'm familiar with, > is to describe the evidence very carefully without regard to the way you feel > it should be. If you have a theory, you must try to explain what's good and > what's bad about it equally. In science, you learn a kind of standard > integrity and honesty.' > > '"The exception tests the rule." Or, put another way, "The exception proves > that the rule is wrong." That is the principle of science. If there is an > exception to any rule, and if it can be proved by observation, that rule is > wrong.' > > 'Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that > you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.' > > --also Richard Feynman > >
And he got his inspiration from visiting strip clubs.
