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“There is a certain category of fool-the overeducated, the academic, the journalist, the newspaper reader, the mechanistic scientist, the pseudo-empiricist, those endowed with what I call epistemic arrogance, this wonderful ability to discount what they did not see, the unobserved.”

Certain Ability Wonderful Fool Reader Scientist Newspapers Journalist Arrogance Categories Academic Pseudo Discounts

Book:Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile

Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile

“Vienna is relatively small. And it had wonderful salons, opportunities for people to get together. There was a lot of interaction between scientists and non-scientists, between Jews and non-Jews, between artists, writers and scientists, including medical scientists.”

People Together Artist Opportunity Wonderful Scientist Including Jew Medical Interaction Get Together Vienna Salons

Author:Eric Kandel

“When a scientist's son or daughter becomes a scientist they'll say "Wonderful! Wonderful!" So, why, in the name of God, would a mother be jealous to see her daughter become a successful writer?”

Mother Names Successful Wonderful Son Daughter Scientist Jealous Being Jealous

Author:Mary Higgins Clark

“I'm in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.”

I Can Interest Can Do Wonderful Position Scientist Communicate Bother

Author:Alan Alda

“The scientist does not defy the universe. He accepts it. It is his dish to savor, his realm to explore; it is his adventure and never-ending delight. It is complaisant and elusive but never dull. It is wonderful both in the small and in the large. In short, its exploration is the highest occupation for a gentleman.”

Doe Universe Accepting Wonderful Adventure Highest Scientist Delight Gentleman Realms Dull Exploration Occupation Dishes Elusive Never Ending

Book:Science: the center of culture

Source: Science: the center of culture