Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Ernest Nagel

Born: November 16, 1901
Died: September 20, 1985 (aged 83)
Bio: Ernest Nagel was an American philosopher of science. Along with Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, and Carl Hempel, he is sometimes seen as one of the major figures of the logical positivist movement.
Known for:
- The Structure of Science (1961)
- Go del's proof (1958)
- An Introduction to Logic
- Gödel's Proof (1958)