“knowledge is conventionally viewed as belief plus a bunch of credentials”

“Reliance on other people's knowledge. . . . buys us all a lot of time. It also buys us, in essence, many billions of prosthetic brains.”

“Doubt is the act of challenging our beliefs. . . . This is an active, investigative doubt: the kind that inspires us to wander onto shaky limbs or out into left field; the kind that doesn't divide ...”

“If imagination is what enables us to conceive of and enjoy stories other than our own, and if empathy is the act of taking other peoples stories seriously, certainty deadens or destroys both qualit...”

“To err is to wander and wandering is the way we discover the world and lost in thought it is the also the way we discover ourselves. Being right might be gratifying but in the end it is static a me...”

“Here, then, are some ways we can try to prevent mistakes. We can foster the ability to listen to each other and the freedom to speak our minds. We can create open and transparent environments inste...”

“Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?”

“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will see it. 1924-1926)”

“The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”

“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.”

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”

“I definitely learned a lesson this time. I know that I can be broken. I am not as tough as I thought. I see it now. At this point, it's the only thing good that came out of all of this. I know myse...”

“Write the words "The FIve Senses" on an index card and tack it to a bulletin board above your desk. You should have a bulletin board above your desk, if at all possible. Some place where you can ta...”