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“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”
― James R. Chiles, Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology: An Inside Look at Catastrophes and Why They Happen

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“Consistency, say some, is the sign of a small mind, but it’s a real virtue with high-power technology. Having lots of the same devices out in the field lets us compile a record of experience.”
― James R. Chiles, Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology: An Inside Look at Catastrophes and Why They Happen

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“I was a coward. I went to the war.”
― Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

tags: cowardice, war

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“Belief is the wound that knowledge heals.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Telling

tags: belief, knowledge

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“So on every space project, there is a tension: the idealistic, impractical scientists against the stubborn, practical engineers. On the good projects, it’s a creative tension that draws out the strengths of both disciplines. On the really bad ones, it’s an acid that eats away at the collaboration until it’s rotten.”
― Steve Squyres, Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet

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