“To say that an idea is necessary is simply to affirm that we cannot conceive the contrary; and the fact that we cannot conceive the contrary of any belief may be a presumption, but is certainly no proof, of its truth.” — Thomas Huxley, Hume
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Quote of the Day
“We have, as yet, no definite proof that too much brain, like too much armor, is not one of those unfortunate evolutionary accidents that lead to the annihilation of its possessors.” — Arthur C. Clarke, “When Earthman and Alien Meet,” Playboy (January 1968)
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“A verdict of innocent is easier, cooler, than a verdict of guilty, because no proof is required to find somebody innocent.” — Gary Wolf, Channeling McLuhan
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“Those who have nothing to prove never say that they have nothing to prove.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
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“Put the money into schools. Rational ones that train young minds to think, to demand that persons in authority show the evidence for the ideas they push.” — Jack McDevitt, Odyssey
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“A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true.” — Arthur C. Clarke, The Light of Other Days
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“What the world wants iz good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.” — Josh Billings
“What the world wants iz good examples, not so mutch advice; advice may be wrong, but examples prove themselves.” — Josh Billings, The Complete Works of Josh Billings
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