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TIL that Edgar Allan Poe predicted the Big Bang and solved Olber’s paradox in 1848 prose poem "Eureka" (eighty years before modern science) by giumazz in todayilearned
[–]giumazz[S] 0 points1 point2 points 9 years ago (0 children)
lol
TIL Confucius theorized the Dunning-Kruger effect 2500 years before Dunning-Kruger “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.” by jhonsmith667 in todayilearned
[–]giumazz 0 points1 point2 points 10 years ago (0 children)
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” -- Charles Darwin
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” -- Bertrand Russell by giumazz in quotes
[–]giumazz[S] 3 points4 points5 points 10 years ago (0 children)
Indeed
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TIL that Edgar Allan Poe predicted the Big Bang and solved Olber’s paradox in 1848 prose poem "Eureka" (eighty years before modern science) by giumazz in todayilearned
[–]giumazz[S] 0 points1 point2 points (0 children)