tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post5759083250285849182..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: The Darwin parable?Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-67441860614661101582009-04-29T16:28:00.000-04:002009-04-29T16:28:00.000-04:00Very apt! The problem is that we have to frame ou...Very apt! The problem is that we have to frame our lives around some kinds of belief systems about how the world works, and there are few rewards for being wrong or not being cocky about we know, or think we know. Yet, circumspection is very helpful in lots of ways. <br /><br />Peter Medawar wrote a book called Advice to a Young Scientist in which he suggested that science was the art of the soluble (the title of a separate book he also wrote), meaning knowing what not to do and designing proper studies.<br /><br />Unfortunately, some are patient enough to nibble at the corners of knowledge hoping to make incremental contributions, while others want to go to the generalizations. The former may be the more successful, at least from a career-building point of view!Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-69560750768301683552009-04-29T12:13:00.000-04:002009-04-29T12:13:00.000-04:00This probably isn't what you were looking for:
...This probably isn't what you were looking for: <br /><br />"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."<br /> -William James <br /><br />But maybe this will fit you better:<br /><br />"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man."<br /> -Henry David Thoreauanthrobrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123542292465758479noreply@blogger.com