Richard FeynmanScience is a long history of learning how not to fool ourselves.
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Sometimes we do things based on what we believe is right, but we later realize we were wrong. But we keep doing it anyway, because it feels right. That’s the way to learn how not to fool ourselves. You have to have a strong reason to do something.
If you don’t have a strong reason, you should never do it. This applies to everything in life.
Source: The Quotable Feynman
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