The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn
- A. Toffler
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You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.
- Alvin Toffler
Geeze, ain't that the sad truth.
Tell that to some paleontologists... notions of species concepts, homology of structures, etc, sometimes with no mental space for revision in the face of overwhelming data from developmental biology. Sheesh!
Ha! Funny, I had a similar experience with palaeo folks not getting implications of devo (and evo-devo).