Seems to fit me very well and yes I think you are correct on
the source of the quote.
Dave
Wester S Potter wrote:
>
> 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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