In Teaching, You Do Not Want To

You Have To Have A Lot Of Ideas. First, If You Want To Make Discoveries, It's A Good Thing To Have Good Ideas. And Second, You Have To Have A Sort Of Sixth Sense-the Result Of Judgment And Experience-which Ideas Are Worth Following Up. I Seem To Have The First Thing, A Lot Of Ideas, And I Also Seem To Have Good Judgment As To Which Are The Bad Ideas That I Should Just Ignore, And The Good Ones, That I'd Better Follow Up.

[david Harker Asked: Dr Pauling, How Do You Have So Many Good Ideas?] Well David, I Have A Lot Of Ideas And Throw Away The Bad Ones.

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If You Want To Have Good Ideas You Must Have Many Ideas. Most Of Them Will Be Wrong, And What You Have To Learn Is Which Ones To Throw Away.

In Teaching, You Do Not Want To Cover Things, You Want To Uncover Them. The Best Way To Get Good Ideas Is To Have Lots Of Ideas.