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Friday, 7 March 2014

Feynman's Fool

Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman wrote: 
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the 
easiest person to fool.” He didn't leave detailed instructions, unfortunately.

No-one fools you like you do,
Just as Dick Feynman spoke.
Compared to ego's potent brew,
Human insight is a joke;
Our self-perception's up in smoke.

Can we escape the self-deception
Feynman warned us of?
Become a rare exception,
Exempt from vacuous self-love,
Though ego and folly go hand-in-glove?

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