“...contemporary physicists come in two varieties. Type 1 physicists are bothered by EPR and Bell's Theorem. Type 2 (the majority) are not, but one has to distinguish two subvarieties. Type 2a physicists explain why they are not bothered. Their explanations tend either to miss the point entirely (like Born's to Einstein) or to contain physical assertions that can be shown to be false. Type 2b are not bothered and refuse to explain why.” TwoScienceBornMissingTypeMajorityRefuseContemporaryVarietyExplanationBellsMechanicPhysicistBotheredAssertionQuantum MechanicsTheoremsNot Bothered Author:David Mermin
“All sentences of the type 'deconstruction is X' or 'deconstruction is not X', a priori miss the point, which is to say that they are at least false. As you know, one of the principal things at stake in what is called in my texts 'deconstruction', is precisely the delimiting of ontology and above all of the third-person present indicative: S is P.” KnowsPersonsScienceMissingTypeThirdsMathematicsSentencesStakesPrincipalOntologyDeconstructionThird Person Book:Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation on Photography Source: Copy, Archive, Signature: A Conversation on Photography
“There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word.” TruthScienceMissingScientistSolemnJestTrue Words Book:Science is a sacred cow Source: Science is a sacred cow