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Mokurai: /* Richard Feynman (1918–1988) */ Book title in italics

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Richard Feynman (1918–1988): Book title in italics

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	The reason was that the books were so lousy. They were false. They were hurried. They would try to be rigorous, but they would use examples (like automobiles in the street for "sets") which were almost OK, but in which there were always some subtleties. The definitions weren't accurate. Everything was a little bit ambiguous -- they weren't smart enough to understand what was meant by "rigor." They were faking it. They were teaching something they didn't understand, and which was, in fact, useless, at that time, for the child.		The reason was that the books were so lousy. They were false. They were hurried. They would try to be rigorous, but they would use examples (like automobiles in the street for "sets") which were almost OK, but in which there were always some subtleties. The definitions weren't accurate. Everything was a little bit ambiguous -- they weren't smart enough to understand what was meant by "rigor." They were faking it. They were teaching something they didn't understand, and which was, in fact, useless, at that time, for the child.

	:[http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm Judging Books by Their Covers], in Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)		:[http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm Judging Books by Their Covers], in ''Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!'' (1985)

	==Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002)==		==Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002)==

Mokurai: /* Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) */ Character substitution

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Michel de Montaigne (1533-92): Character substitution

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	:Although indeed it would be better to do good than to know, first however comes knowing how to do it.—Mokurai's translation.		:Although indeed it would be better to do good than to know, first however comes knowing how to do it.—Mokurai's translation.

	==Michel de Montaigne (1533-92)==		==Michel de Montaigne (1533–92)==

	* Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.		* Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.

Mokurai: /* Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) */

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

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	See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger Effect].		See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger Effect].

	==Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)==		==Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)==

	* There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.		* There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed.

Mokurai: /* William Shakespeare (1564&endash;1616) */

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William Shakespeare (1564&endash;1616)

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	:''The Education Of Women''		:''The Education Of Women''

	==William Shakespeare (1564&~~endash~~;1616)==		==William Shakespeare (1564–1616)==

	* The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.		* The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Mokurai: /* Daniel Defoe (ca. 1659-1661–1731) */ Shakespeare

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Daniel Defoe (ca. 1659-1661–1731): Shakespeare

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	:''The Education Of Women''		:''The Education Of Women''

			==William Shakespeare (1564&endash;1616)==

			* The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
			:''As You Like It'', Act V, Scene 1

			See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger Effect].

	==Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)==		==Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)==

Mokurai: /* Albert Szent-Gyorgy (1893–1986) */ James Thurber

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Albert Szent-Gyorgy (1893–1986): James Thurber

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	* Discovery consists of seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.		* Discovery consists of seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.
	:Nobel laureate (biology/medicine)		:Nobel laureate (biology/medicine)

			==James Thurber (1894–1961)==

			* It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.

			:From [http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/hdwyer/the-scotty-who-knew-too-much/ "The Scotty who Knew Too Much"], in ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=HedNG3C2BpUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=fables+for+our+times&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r7tAUf_qNOfzygHgwoGAAQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA Fables for Our Time]'', 1940

	==Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900—1991)==		==Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900—1991)==

Mokurai: /* Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) */ Add Kofi Annan

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968): Add Kofi Annan

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	:Taken from his remarks upon acceptance of the Nobel Prize		:Taken from his remarks upon acceptance of the Nobel Prize

			==Kofi Annan (Born 1938)==

			Former UN Secretary-General

			:This is not just a matter of giving a laptop to each child, as if bestowing on them some magical charm. The magic lies within—within each child, within each scientist, scholar, or just plain citizen in the making. This initiative is meant to bring it forth into the light of day.

	==Alan Kay (born 1940)==		==Alan Kay (born 1940)==

Mokurai: /* Terry Pratchett (born 1948) */ Source for quote

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Terry Pratchett (born 1948): Source for quote

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	* When you light a fire for a man, you keep him warm for a night. When you set him on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life.		* When you light a fire for a man, you keep him warm for a night. When you set him on fire, you keep him warm for the rest of his life.
	:(See Plutarch, above, if you don't get it.)		:''Jingo'' (See Plutarch, above, if you don't get it.)

	==Douglas Adams (1952–2001)==		==Douglas Adams (1952–2001)==

Mokurai: /* Peter Drucker (1909—2005) */ Clark Kerr

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Peter Drucker (1909—2005): Clark Kerr

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	Quoted in [http://asq.org/quality-progress/2012/03/statistics-roundtable-right-answer-wrong-query.html Right Answer, Wrong Query], Statistics Roundtable, Quality Progress, March 2010.		Quoted in [http://asq.org/quality-progress/2012/03/statistics-roundtable-right-answer-wrong-query.html Right Answer, Wrong Query], Statistics Roundtable, Quality Progress, March 2010.

			==Clark Kerr (1911—2003)==

			* The purpose of the university is to make students safe for ideas, not ideas safe for students.

			Unsourced

	==John Tukey (1915—2000)==		==John Tukey (1915—2000)==

Mokurai: /* Alan Kay (born 1940) */ Failure

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Alan Kay (born 1940): Failure

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	* By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that they were lying to me because I had already been exposed to other points of view. School is basically about one point of view — the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the idea of having different points of view, so it was a battle. Of course I would pipe up with my five-year-old voice.		* By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that they were lying to me because I had already been exposed to other points of view. School is basically about one point of view — the one the teacher has or the textbooks have. They don't like the idea of having different points of view, so it was a battle. Of course I would pipe up with my five-year-old voice.
	:Alan Kay by Scott Gasch		:Alan Kay by Scott Gasch

			* If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.

	==Edward Mokurai Cherlin (born 1946)==		==Edward Mokurai Cherlin (born 1946)==