Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell
May 18th, 1872 to February 2nd, 1970

"Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils; it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position."--Bertrand Russell

All too often we accept peers' statement without question...as such, the revered scientist...position and rank does not always reveal truth.

And, it is also POSP's stringer Tim Ray's birthday. A happy birthday to both.

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