The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche is occupied, evidence and proof and logical demonstration get nowhere. But once that niche is emptied of the wrong idea that has been filling it--once you can honestly say 'I don't know,' then it becomes possible to get at the truth.

--Robert A Heinlein
in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

June 2002's non-quote off the month
August 2002's quote of the month