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Hey, did he take that from Richard Feynman, or was Feynman first with the quote: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest
by redschell 15y ago
Hey, did he take that from Richard Feynman, or was Feynman first with the quote:
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
- gwern 15y agoGiven the relative timelines, and my own citation in my quote collection to Feynman, I'm happy assigning a very high probability to it being Feynman.
- csallen 15y agoIt's very possible (likely) that it originally came from Feynman. Munger quotes him often.
- mhartl 15y agoIt's a quote from "Cargo Cult Science" (p. 313 of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!): The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. —Richard Feynman
- rokhayakebe 15y agoCurious. Did you remember the page of the top or did you look it up?
- mhartl 15y agoI have every page of Surely You're Joking memorized. Bazinga.
- rokhayakebe 15y agoI am adding you to my list of heroes.