Richard Feynman, one of the most significant physicists of the 20th century, made this helpful point, “The first principle,” he said, “is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Before we arrive at a conclusion, or in Feynman’s case publish scientific findings, he advised we consider all the ways we might be wrong. The Doobie Brothers had a song with the title, “What a Fool Believes.” Feynman’s first principle is a reminder we are all susceptible to that kind of temptation.
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