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Truth never comes into the world but like a bastard, to the ignominy of him that brought her birth.

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I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

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A technique succeeds in mathematical physics, not by a clever trick, or a happy accident, but because it expresses some aspect of a physical truth.

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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

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The basic notion underlying USENET is the flame.

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It can be shown that for any nutty theory, beyond-the-fringe political view, or strange religion there exists a proponent on the Net. The proof is left as an exercise for your kill-file.

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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

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Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning there was about a 25-year gap when it was difficult to put your foot in your mouth and have people all across the country know about it.

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network: anything reticulated or decussated, with interstices between the intersections

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There is nothing more practical than a good theory.

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