“There is nothing in the education of the average non-scientific human being to discourage him from the habit of generalizing from little or no evidence, and worse still and far more important, nothing to discourage him from the habit of starting with a generalization and ending up with the individual, instead of the other way round.” WayHumansLittlesStillsImportantIndividualHuman BeingsHabitEvidenceRoundsStartingAverageDiscouragingGeneralization Book:Earth and High Heaven Source: Earth and High Heaven
“For every individual who really is exceptional there are about fifty thousand who just imagine they are - until it's too late, and they find out they aren't after all.” IndividualImagineThousandLateFiftyToo LateExceptional Book:Earth and High Heaven Source: Earth and High Heaven