“It was a reaction I learned from my father: have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look at what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, Is it reasonable?” Richard Feynman (verified)
“It was a reaction I learned from my father: have no respect whatsoever for authority; forget who said it and instead look at what he starts with, where he ends up, and ask yourself, Is it reasonable?”
“Any one who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.”
Discussion Understanding Memory Reasoning Independence