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Human Intelligence Was More Trouble Than It Was Worth. It Was More Destructive Than Creative, More Confusing Than Revealing, More Discouraging Than Satisfying, More Spiteful Than Charitable.

Most Areas Of Intellectual Life Have Discovered The Virtues Of Speculation, And Have Embraced Them Wildly. In Academia, Speculation Is Usually Dignified As Theory.

One May Even Suspect That There Is More To Reality Than Measurements Will Ever Reveal.

Right Now, Scientists Are In Exactly The Same Position As Renaissance Painters, Commissioned To Make The Portrait The Patron Wants Done, And If They Are Smart, They'll Make Sure Their Work Subtly Flatters The Patron. Not Overtly. Subtly.

That's Human Nature. Nobody Does Anything Until It's Too Late.