Hence science progresses by funerals. :-)
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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down,
> (either from general admission and belief, or from the pleasure it affords,)
> forces every thing else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although
> more cogent and abundant instances may exist to the contrary, yet either
> does not observe or despises them, or gets rid of and rejects them by some
> distinction, with violent and injurious prejudice, rather than sacrifice the
> authority of its first conclusions."
>
> - Francis Bacon, Novum Organum ("New Instrument")
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