5 Robert A. Heinlein Quotes on Knowledge

Robert A. Heinlein quotes on knowledge

2. One can judge from experiment, or one can blindly accept authority. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all important and theory is merely a convenience in description, to be junked when it no longer fits. To the academic mind, authority is everything and facts are junked when they do not fit theory laid down by authority.

16. I started clipping and filing by categories on trends as early as 1930 and my 'youngest' file was started in 1945. Span of time is important; the 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.

83. Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so.

87. History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion - i.e., none to speak of.

116. One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.