21 November 2017

Isn’t it Obvious? - Part I

"A thing is obvious mathematically after you see it." (Robert D Carmichael)

"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards." (Arthur Koestler)

"Everything you’ve learned in school as 'obvious' becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe." (Richard B Fuller)

"The scientist is not content to stop at the obvious." (Charles H Mayo)

"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." (Sir Arthur C Doyle)

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes." (Sir Arthur C Doyle)

"The measure of the value of a new hypothesis in physics is not its obviousness but its utility." (Max Plank)

"To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question." (Eric Hoffer)

"No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious." (George B Shaw)

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