“There are many ways of being wrong, but only one way of being right.”
Susan Stebbing (1885–1943) British philosopher
As quoted in Thinking to Some Purpose (1939), p. 153
“There are so many ways of being wrong and so few ways of being right that it is much more economical to study successes.”
Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (1985)
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George Goodman (1930–2014) American author and economics commentator
Source: The Money Game (1968), Chapter 8, Where The Money Is, p. 102
Jonathan Ive (1967) English designer and VP of Design at Apple
Ive explaining his view on Apple's use of design in the product video shown at WWDC 2013 for iOS 7.
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“The way is the beginning of all beings and the measure of right and wrong.”
Han Fei (-279–-232 BC) Chinese philosopher
from "The Way of the Ruler", Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings, Columbia University Press, New York, 1996. Translated by Burton Watson.
Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist
2000-09, Ai Weiwei, Nursing Head Wound, Sharpens Criticism, 2009
Richard Dawkins book The Blind Watchmaker
Source: The Blind Watchmaker (1986), Chapter 1 “Explaining the Very Improbable”
