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0 pointsredschell14y ago0 comments

Hey, did he take that from Richard Feynman, or was Feynman first with the quote: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."

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mhartl14y ago

It's a quote from "Cargo Cult Science" (p. 313 of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!):

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. —Richard Feynman

rokhayakebe14y ago

Curious. Did you remember the page of the top or did you look it up?

mhartl14y ago

I have every page of Surely You're Joking memorized.

Bazinga.

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csallen14y ago

It's very possible (likely) that it originally came from Feynman. Munger quotes him often.

gwern14y ago

Given the relative timelines, and my own citation in my quote collection to Feynman, I'm happy assigning a very high probability to it being Feynman.

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0 pointsredschell14y ago0 comments

Hey, did he take that from Richard Feynman, or was Feynman first with the quote: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."

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mhartl14y ago

It's a quote from "Cargo Cult Science" (p. 313 of Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!):

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. —Richard Feynman

rokhayakebe14y ago

Curious. Did you remember the page of the top or did you look it up?

mhartl14y ago

I have every page of Surely You're Joking memorized.

Bazinga.

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csallen14y ago

It's very possible (likely) that it originally came from Feynman. Munger quotes him often.

gwern14y ago

Given the relative timelines, and my own citation in my quote collection to Feynman, I'm happy assigning a very high probability to it being Feynman.

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