When you have eliminated all other possible explanations, the one that remains, however unlikely, must be that you missed something.
Aug 272014
Erring
Error is boundless.
Nor hope nor doubt,
Though both be groundless,
Will average out.
—Cunningham
Aug 252014
The heretic is not punished for error: he is punished for heresy.
Jul 312014
Few would deny that the earth was flat if it were a small inconvenience to maintain that it is round.
May 202014
Belief is an equilibrium, and that is just the trouble.
May 152014
We invent metrics partly to dignify arguments, but mostly to disguise them.
Apr 252014
Untried beliefs are the most firmly held.
Apr 162014
There are entire fields, like psychiatry and philosophy, devoted chiefly to exploding the errors that they create.
Apr 022014
A man should be pleased to make subtle errors; it means he has avoided the obvious ones.
Apr 012014
The inability to fathom a design without a designer leads to hostility to markets in half of the world, and hostility to Darwin in the other half.
Mar 122014
To make a grave error clearly and follow it through consistently will place a man among the greatest of philosophers.