It consists of replacing a theory that is wrong with one that is more subtlety wrong. Hawking's Theory of Progress What is observed is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. A man's attitude towards inference, like his attitude towards religion, is determined by his emotional make-up, not by reason or mathematics. For this, indeed, is the main source of our ignorance- the fact that our knowledge can be only finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite. It is questionable, for that matter, whether success is an adequate response to life.
Success can eliminate as many options as failure.
Will Rogers The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning, and meaningful statements lose precision. A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.