Poul Anderson vs. Francis Bacon
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Poul Anderson
1926 – 2001
Poul William Anderson was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times, and was nominated many more times for awards.
"“Do you know,” said Maclaren, “there is one sin which is punished with unfailing certainty, and must therefore be the deadliest sin in all time. Stupidity."
Francis Bacon
1909 – 1992
British novelist and journalist, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."
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