It was once said, I remember reading, that a wise man said he became so only by "unlearning" everything he had been taught or learned in his life prior to becoming wise.
Samuel Johnson was reported to have once entered into an argument with a fellow who was trying to prove that he didn't exist. Allegedly, Johnson then stepped on his foot.
It was once said, I remember reading, that a wise man said he became so only by "unlearning" everything he had been taught or learned in his life prior to becoming wise.
Samuel Johnson was reported to have once entered into an argument with a fellow who was trying to prove that he didn't exist. Allegedly, Johnson then stepped on his foot.
"Beginner's mind" is the flattering term used in Zen Buddhism to describe the mindset of the initiate who has no idea what he is doing in attempting to meditate.
Socrates was said to have claimed to be the wisest man in Athens because he was the only one who "knew that he didn't know" anything. His dialogues (as recalled and probably fictionalized by Plato) are largely attempts to show that nearly all we hold to be "obviously true" is anything but, and that it is well nigh impossible to prove just about anything.
The only exact science is mathematics. Everything else is a matter of debate and subject to constant revision. Therefore everything else belongs in the realm of inexact science.
The true scientist is one who is open about how little he/she knows, and can go on for hours citing study after study proving how ignorant he/she is.
Humility is the soil in which wisdom grows. Fauciism is its antithesis.
Failure to appreciate the inscrutability of the universe, the vast mystery that is life, and the miracle that there is something when there could have been nothing leads to despair and ignorance.
Kudos to Robert Malone for being faithful to the pursuit of truth, which, after all, is the one and only worthy mission of science.
It was once said, I remember reading, that a wise man said he became so only by "unlearning" everything he had been taught or learned in his life prior to becoming wise.
Samuel Johnson was reported to have once entered into an argument with a fellow who was trying to prove that he didn't exist. Allegedly, Johnson then stepped on his foot.
"Beginner's mind" is the flattering term used in Zen Buddhism to describe the mindset of the initiate who has no idea what he is doing in attempting to meditate.
Socrates was said to have claimed to be the wisest man in Athens because he was the only one who "knew that he didn't know" anything. His dialogues (as recalled and probably fictionalized by Plato) are largely attempts to show that nearly all we hold to be "obviously true" is anything but, and that it is well nigh impossible to prove just about anything.
The only exact science is mathematics. Everything else is a matter of debate and subject to constant revision. Therefore everything else belongs in the realm of inexact science.
The true scientist is one who is open about how little he/she knows, and can go on for hours citing study after study proving how ignorant he/she is.
Humility is the soil in which wisdom grows. Fauciism is its antithesis.
Failure to appreciate the inscrutability of the universe, the vast mystery that is life, and the miracle that there is something when there could have been nothing leads to despair and ignorance.
Kudos to Robert Malone for being faithful to the pursuit of truth, which, after all, is the one and only worthy mission of science.
Socrates was right, in my opinion.