Comments on: Quote of the Day https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=221 Musings of a Gentleman Scientist Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Cyrus Tabery https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=221#comment-13891 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-13891 My favorite quote, in a similar vein is :

In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.

Richard Feynman 1918-1988

]]> By: Trey Graves https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=221#comment-13898 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-13898 Got a kick out of this:

"He [Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel winner] would stand on those platforms and declare, ‘Danny Shechtman is talking nonsense. There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists.’" Shechtman said. "He really was a great scientist, but he was wrong. It’s not the first time he was wrong."

]]> By: Xioa Ling https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=221#comment-13900 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-13900 I know many brilliant scientists who are unfortunately also egomaniacs and never let you forget they are smarter than you. They eventually end up giving talks to empty rooms. The brilliant scientist who shows humility is a rarer breed but ends up being vastly more effective, especially when they need to persuade everyone to accept their world changing ideas.

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