Real words to really live by
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
– Richard P. Feynman
That’s from Feynman’s Caltech 1974 Commencement Address (Beck: it’s a PDF, eh.) "Cargo Cult Science."
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Feyneman was a great character. A biographical book about him "Surely, you Must Be Joking, Mr. Feyneman." is well worth a read. It has things from his theories on picking up women, to how he cracked the document safes at Los Alamos.