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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” ― Niels Bohr
by iRobbery 7y ago
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr
- tootie 7y agoHa. This is me now. Except I don't always know how to stop them from happening. I'm just less surprised when they happen.
- jjtheblunt 7y agoWhat a great perspective!
- SimbaOnSteroids 7y agoThis is way to coherent to have been written by Bohr.
- avip 7y agoan expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less, until finally he knows everything about nothing. But more seriously from Suzuki: the beginner's mind has many possibilities, the expert's mind has few. From the wonderful book "Zen mind, beginner's mind"
- epoch_100 7y agoImportant note for those unfamiliar with Suzuki: this quote is usually understood to be praising the beginner's mind, which is full of possibilities and without prejudice,[0] and pointing out the weakness of the expert's mind. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshin