When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.1
—Arthur C. Clarke
To make a system robust you have to design freedom into it. Individual choice confers a survival advantage that ants don’t have. That’s why men are going to Mars while ants are still building holes in the ground. God knew what He was doing. Stalin did not.2
—Richard Fernandez
Scientism is a comb-over of the ancient Appeal to Authority fallacy. It grants special privilege to claims expressed in empirical jargon, but which are not falsifiable. This ranks high among the failure modes that sap sustainment.
F.W. Taylor’s ...
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