Ram Dass
(1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
“The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.”
Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
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This paper is so bad it is not even wrong.
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Das is nicht einmal falsch.
It is not even wrong.
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