“Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best 20-20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.”

Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 24

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American writer and philosopher 1928–2017

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