The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.

  • -- William Kingdon Clifford 威廉·金顿·克利福德

对社会的危险不仅在于它应该相信错误的事情,尽管这已经足够了;而是要它变得轻信,失去对事物进行检验和探究的习惯;因为到那时,它一定会重新陷入野蛮状态。

相关名言

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

It is unfair to believe everything we hear about lawyers, some of it might not be true.

相信我们听到的关于律师的一切是不公平的,有些可能不是真的。