It’s been a good day for quotes. These on, loosely, the scientific process:<\/p>\n
People commonly use statistics like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support
\nrather than for illumination.
\n<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n– Mark Twain<\/p>\n
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself- and you are the easiest person to fool. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
– Richard Feynman <\/p>\n
I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
– US Supreme Court judge Oliver Wendell Holmes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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