Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing.

Quote by Konrad Lorenz

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We do not take humor seriously enough.

We do not take humor seriously enough.

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis...

It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis...

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures...

Historians will have to face the fact that natural selection determined the evolution of cultures...

A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions...

A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions...

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the...

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the...

Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we...

Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we...

We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily,...

We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily,...