Sunday, December 02, 2007

A quotation found on bedroom closet floor

Collective wisdom is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who have opposed received opinion have been the source of all progress. Socrates, Christ and Galileo all equally incurred the censure of the orthodox.

--Bertrand Russell

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