Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Un-Superstious

The Danish physicist and Nobelist Niels Bohr once hung a horseshoe over his doorway. Appalled friends exclaimed that surely he didn't put any trust in such pathetic superstition. "No, I don't," he replied with composure, "but apparently it works whether you believe it or not."
Posted by Unknown at 5:24 AM

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  1. csJanuary 9, 2013 at 7:22 PM

    The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
    Francis Bacon

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