“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” – Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: I Like the Dreams of the Future Better Than the History of the Past
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First Principles: If You Want Something You’ve Never Had, You Must Be Willing To Do Something You’ve Never done
“if you want something you’ve never had, you must be wiling to do something you’ve never done.” –-Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: The Most Perfect Technique Is That Which Is Not Noticed At All
“The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all. “– Pablo Casals, cellist, conductor, and composer (29 Dec 1876-1973)
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First Principles: In the Supposed State of Nature, All Men Are Equally Bound By the Laws of Nature, Or to Speak More Properly, the Laws of the Creator
“In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams
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Thought For the Day: Anyone Can Be Passionate, But It Takes Real Lovers To Be Silly
“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.” –Rose Franken, author and playwright (28 Dec 1895-1988)
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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Ask of One Who Suffers: What Is Your Country and What Is Your Religion? One Merely Says: You Suffer, That Is Enough For Me
“One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.” -Louis Pasteur, chemist and bacteriologist (27 Dec 1822-1895)
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First Principles: The Hand of Providence Has Been So Conspicuous In All This, That He Must Be Worse Than An Infidel That Lacks Faith
“The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.” – George Washington (1778)
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Thought For the Day: We Are So Vain That We Even Care For the Opinion of Those We Don’t Care For
“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don’t care for.” -Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, writer (1830-1916)
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First Principles: The Conditions Upon Which God Hath Given Liberty To Man Is Eternal Vigilance
“It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become prey to the active. The conditions upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.” – John Philpot Curran (1750-1814)
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Thought For the Day: Conformity In Science Is Anathema To Progress
“Conformity In Science Is Anathema To Progress. The Persistent Accusations That We Take Comfort In Agreeing With One Another Come From Those Who Have Never Attended Scientific Conferences.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson, in Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives On Civilization , p. 4
One of America’s foremost astrophysicists opposing the idea that to “follow the science” is to agree to consensus and not challenge scientific propositions at every turn. Science is not a matter of consensus. It is the pursuit of truth, wherever such pursuit may lead.
