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Yes but it also fuels failure. The lines that separate what we know is possible, what is actually possible but we don't know it and what isn’t at all— are very
by oceanghost 10y ago
Yes but it also fuels failure. The lines that separate what we know is possible, what is actually possible but we don't know it and what isn’t at all— are very very fine.
Fools often rush in and are successful because they didn't know they shouldn’t have been able to do something. But more often than not, I think they’re met with disaster simply because the skillset they lack is the same one they need to be successful.
Conversely, sometimes competent people are restrained by existing opinion structures.
- taurath 10y agoTrying fuels failure, but not trying guarantees it.
- hyperpallium 10y ago"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong." https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws (The first of his three laws, the third of which is the magic-tech one)
- Ngunyan 10y agoAre you implying time travel is certainly possible? "Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible." - Stephen Hawking
- gozur88 10y agoAll true, and it's probably a good thing to remember for people on this particular site. But on a societal or civilizational level, one great success wipes out a lot of failure.