There are many of course. But in terms of intellectual pursuits, political pursuits or perhaps in even more parochial applications, you can do worse than the motto of the Royal Society:
Nullius in Verba
It is great to learn something every day. Thanks, WC!
The consulting firm I worked for had the following as part of its lore and early training program: believe only half of what you see, and nothing you hear, good advice in the world of sharks.
Had a hole-in-one on #4, WC! Thought I would throw that in as a non sequitur.
Have you no TA’s to be guest hosts, to critique your lectures and management style? To have your readers jump on them for the slightest error?
That valedictorian from Georgia Tech had the style I like. No Occupy person he.
As in, you can read Wintercow’s latest rant (HTML tag) here, and professor Krugman says X.
Perhaps I will save, as in “jobs saved” a hundred hours a year not composing replies to posts on your blog, WC, but I would settle for an occasional brilliant insight and welcome a place I could see the posts of JB, Speedmaster, Rich, and others.
Speedmaster’s and Steve’s blogs, not to mention Coyote’s blogs are I-phone unfriendly, unlike yours, which since your I really mean it post was friendly and civil.
You do not need to be better, WC. That valedictory comment was uncalled for.
I can understand keeping one’s head down, given the mighty forces that conspire against academic freedom. The solar picnic table can be vicious, putting spikes in trees to disable loggers with families.
But you have to post something, perhaps a picture of your hiking boots next to a cold glass of WC Ale.
Solar picnic table folks.