"There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous."

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In a sense Shapley's telling me that space was transparent, which I shouldn't have believed, illustrates a fundamental problem in science, believing what people tell you. Go and find it out for yourself. That same error has persisted in my life and in many other people's. Authorities are not always authorities on everything; they often cling to their own mistakes.

— Jesse L. Greenstein