I found these at a blog I’ve recently added to my news aggregator. Both the quotes and the blog are worth your consideration.
Found these in a completely different context (a discussion group about Prediction Markets); thought that they were wonderful descriptions of the “provisionality” of blogs. See what you think.
In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth.
Niels Bohr:Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Actually there is another good Feynman quote in the comments to this post that is also worth calling to your attention:
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled