"An alleged scientific discovery has no merit unless it can be explained to a barmaid." - Ernest Rutherford

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard Feynman

"Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred." - Carl Sagan

"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." - Carl Sagan

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

"The less you know, the more you think you know, because you don't know you don't know." - Ray Stevens

"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion." - Proverbs

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" - Albert Einstein

"This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." - Wolfgang Pauli

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