Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.


Quiddities: an intermittently philosophical dictionary (ed. Belknap Press, 1987)

Willard van Orman Quine Quotes

Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.

Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.

Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.

Unscientific man is beset by a deplorable desire to have been right. The scientist is distinguished by a desire to be right.