Dave, Bruce,
Isn't that quote from "Stranger in a Strange Land?"
Seems a strangely appropriate source.
Wes
on 12/29/00 2:53 AM, Dave Dahlgren at ddahlgren@snet.net wrote:
> heinlein is one of my favorite autors why didn't I quote
> that...Good stuff!
> Now if we could only get the rest to 'Grok'....
> Thanks,
> Dave Dahlgren
>
> FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> List : I read this quotation recently, and it seemed it could apply in
>> our
>> discussions where there are differing points of view on a given subject
>> ......
>>
>> The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out
>> the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche is occupied,
>> evidence and proof and logical demonstrstion get nowhere. But once
>> the niche is emptied of the wrong idea that has been filling it - once
>> you can honestly say, " I don' t know, " then it becomes possible
>> to get at the truth .
>> --- Robert A. Heinlein
>>
>> bdf
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