The fact that the author thinks slowly is not serious, but the fact that he publishes faster than he thinks is inexcusable.
Interpretation
The author highlights the importance of thoughtful consideration over hastily sharing ideas.
Wolfgang Pauli's quote emphasizes the need for depth and reflection when producing written work, suggesting that while having a slow thought process may not be problematic, rushing to publish without adequate consideration can lead to poor quality contributions. This statement serves as a reminder that quality often outweighs quantity in the realm of intellectual output.
In practice
In a writing workshop, to encourage participants to prioritize depth in their manuscripts.
The layman always means, when he says "reality" that he is speaking of something self-evidently known; whereas to me it seems the most important and exceedingly difficult task of our time is to work on the construction of a new idea of reality.
That's not right. That's not even wrong.
Physics is very muddled again at the moment; it is much too hard for me anyway, and I wish I were a movie comedian or something like that and had never heard anything about physics!
What really matters for me is ... the more active role of the observer in quantum physics ... According to quantum physics the observer has indeed a new relation to the physical events around him in comparison with the classical observer, who is merely a spectator.
I confess, that very different from you, I do find sometimes scientific inspiration in mysticism ... but this is counterbalanced by an immediate sense for mathematics.
This isn't right. This isn't even wrong.
To see the best before I have properly begun would be somewhat premature.
But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
Being a good person begins with being a wise person. Then, when you follow your conscience, will you be headed in the right direction.
I never allowed other people's expectations to determine whatever course I took. I had to reach a decision about what I was going to do based on what I felt inside myself.
I feel so strongly that deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex.
You can be helping many people, but if you are not helping yourself, you have missed the one person you were born to heal.
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