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Benjamin Franklin
“Men should be taught as if you taught them not,           And things unknown propos'd as things forgot;”
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Stuart Firestein
“If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent. —Alan Turing”
Stuart Firestein, Failure: Why Science Is So Successful

Stuart Firestein
“Failure is also a test of dedication. It is a way to measure what you are passionate about and how deep that passion runs and how dependable it is. Science may seem methodical but it demands passion.”
Stuart Firestein, Failure: Why Science Is So Successful

“I have met people who have ruined their entire lives because of procrastination. They were unaware of why they never took a step, but I could easily see their Procrasdemon standing beside them.”
Neeraj Agnihotri, Procrasdemon - The Artist's Guide to Liberation from Procrastination

Stuart Firestein
“And indeed, there are innumerable cases of important discoveries being made because the failed experiment revealed a new set of possibilities that you hadn’t even realized were there. This is sometimes mistaken for serendipity, a notion that, since it’s come up, I would like to take a moment to dispute.”
Stuart Firestein, Failure: Why Science Is So Successful

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