“A sledgehammer breaks glass but forges steel.”
Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) Marxist revolutionary from Russia
"We do not change our course" (1938)
“My students have described this process of testing ideas in science as: “Hit it with a sledgehammer and see if it breaks. Whatever survives is the best we've got."”
Science is a very adversarial activity! Hence the old adage among physicists: Physics is a contact sport.
Chapter 2 "The Nature of Science" (p. 43)
What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate (2009)
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