Science is not a sacred cow-but there are a large number of would-be sacred cowherds busily devoting quantities of time, energy and effort to the task of making it one, so they can be sacred cowherds.
History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club. - John W. Campbell
History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.
- John W. Campbell
Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die - John W. Campbell
Pioneering basically amounts to finding new and more horrible ways to die
There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you. - John W. Campbell
There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you.
It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution entailing a fine of fifty dollars and a j… - John W. Campbell
It was the law that if a white man was caught trying to educate a Negro slave, he was liable to prosecution entailing a fine of fifty dollars and a j…
No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself. - John W. Campbell
No literature is sound, no philosophy of action workable, if it doesn't take a hard look at itself.
Immunity corrupts; absolute immunity corrupts absolutely. - John W. Campbell
Immunity corrupts; absolute immunity corrupts absolutely.
Never accept the initial premise of the opposition. - John W. Campbell
Never accept the initial premise of the opposition.
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home. - John W. Campbell
Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.
Generally, a desirable, practically attainable idea, suggested in prophecy, has a chance of forcing itself into reality by its very existence. - John W. Campbell
Generally, a desirable, practically attainable idea, suggested in prophecy, has a chance of forcing itself into reality by its very existence.
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