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ShekharMalhotra Posted 8 years ago
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I have read following sentence in a book "Conversations with God", but I am confused what it is trying to say, especially the highlighted part.
All great discoveries have been made from a willingness, and ability, to not be right.
Thanks.
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ShekharMalhotra All great discoveries have been made from a willingness, and ability, to not be right. = All great discoveries have resulted from the discoverer's willingness to be wrong in his ideas or suppositions.
- ShekharMalhotra All great discoveries have been made from a willingness, and ability, to not be right.
- = All great discoveries have resulted from the discoverer's willingness to be wrong in his ideas or suppositions.
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ShekharMalhotraAll great discoveries have been made from a willingness, and ability, to not be right.
= All great discoveries have resulted from the discoverer's willingness to be wrong in his ideas or suppositions.
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