Nikola Tesla on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
“Einstein’s relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar clothed in purple whom ignorant people take for a king… its exponents are brilliant men but they are metaphysicists rather than scientists.”
Nikola Tesla
Allan Bloom on Power, Democracy and Public Opinion
“Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle of legitimacy that breaks the inner will to resist…. Flattery of the people and incapacity to resist public opinion are the democratic vices, particularly among writers, artists, journalists and anyone else who is dependent on an audience.”
Allan Bloom
“All Significant Breakthroughs” – Thomas Kuhn
“All significant breakthroughs are break -“withs” old ways of thinking.”
Thomas Kuhn
Scientific Statements Must Be Falsifiable – Karl Popper
“In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable; and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.”
Karl Popper
Chris Hedges on Corporate Media and Capitalism
“The media propagates a message that corporations want, and there’s a belittling and mocking of the poor and celebration of wealth. A kind of cutthroat, rapacious capitalism is celebrated on reality television shows where you betray and manipulate and push aside your competitors for fleeting fame and money. These are sick values, but they’re disseminated through corporate media in almost every program you watch.”
Chris Hedges
“Ignorance is curable” – Quote by Robert A. Heinlein
“Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.”
Robert A. Heinlein
“Mistakes Are the Price of an Interesting Life” – Sophia Loren
“Mistakes are the price of an interesting life.”
Sophia Loren
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Substance, Depth, and Values
“Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Stella McCartney on Animals, Nature and Responsibility
“The beliefs I was raised with – to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we share this planet with other creatures – have had a huge impact on me.”
Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney on Animal-Free Luxury Fashion
“I think the moment that I’m very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people’s perception of how you can do luxury fashion.”
Stella McCartney