Ernst Mach Quote

As a rule, the human brain is too much, and wrongly, burdened with things which might be more conveniently and accurately preserved in books where they could be found at a moment's notice.


Translated by Thomas J. McCormack, Popular Scientific Lectures (2nd edition), On Instruction in the Classics and the Mathematico-Physical Sciences, (p. 343)


As a rule, the human brain is too much, and wrongly, burdened with things which might be more conveniently and accurately preserved in books where...

As a rule, the human brain is too much, and wrongly, burdened with things which might be more conveniently and accurately preserved in books where...

As a rule, the human brain is too much, and wrongly, burdened with things which might be more conveniently and accurately preserved in books where...

As a rule, the human brain is too much, and wrongly, burdened with things which might be more conveniently and accurately preserved in books where...