"As we walked out of that room, he put his arm around me and said 'That's a very compelling presentation, and God, we hope you're wrong."

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"Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectifications of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid."

— Gaston Bachelard

Philosophy1884–1962

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— Josh Billings

Music1818–1885

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— Jorge Luis Borges

Literature1899–1986

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— James Braid

Politics1870–1950

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