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I was always down with Edgar Allan: “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see” But now I think he was vastly over-optimistic.
by hindsightbias 2y ago
I was always down with Edgar Allan: “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see”
But now I think he was vastly over-optimistic.
- mr_toad 2y agoI’ve heard a different version “believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you read”, variously attributed to Mark Twain, Einstein, Benjamin Franklin and Douglas Adams. I guess that proves their point, whoever they were.