Re: What is to be done?

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Date: Tue Mar 25 1997 - 15:15:35 MST

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> On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Michael Lorrey wrote:
> > I tend to ignore people when they say that such and so is a crazy idea,
> > or that person is crazy. It tends to make me want to check it out more,
>
> Didn't some well-known physicist say, 'That idea is crazy. Almost crazy
> enogh to be true.'? Anybody recall the source?

Niels Bohr, to a fellow physicist: "Your theory is crazy, but it's not
crazy enough to be true."

I much prefer this gem from Krishnamurti: "It is no measure of health
to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

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