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When Elderly And Distinguished Scientists Denounce A New Idea, It Will Turn Out To Be Right.
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When elderly and distinguished scientists denounce a new idea, it will turn
out to be right.
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When the elderly and distinguished scientists rally round the idea, and proclaim it as a major scientific breakthrough, it will turn out to be wrong after all.
When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and emotion--the distinguished but elderly scientists are the
after all, probably right....
Clarke's First Law When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right.
When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong....
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right.
When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Clarke's First Law...
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right.
When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong....
When an idea is being pushed because it is "exciting," "new," or "innovative", beware.
An exciting, new, innovative idea can also be foolish....
If nuclear, therefore it must be bad; Denounce such power with a protest squeal.
The scientists made it (surely they're all mad), It's better not to think and just to feel....
WHEN YOU'RE RIDING IN A TIME MACHINE way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window or it'll turn into a fossil.
-- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988....
Scientists have just discovered that the active ingredient in ICs is smoke - when it leaks out, they stop.