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In general, when theories are easily variable in the sense I have described, experimental testing is almost useless for correcting their errors. I call such theories bad explanations. Being proved wrong by experiment, and changing the theories to other bad explanations, does not get their holders one jot closer to the truth.
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
So strong is undue respect for authority that this CEO, and many even worse examples, have actually been allowed to remain in control of important business institutions for long periods after it was clear they should be removed. The obvious implication: Be careful whom you appoint to power because a dominant authority figure will often be hard to remove, aided as he will be by AuthorityMisinfluence Tendency.
Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles T. Munger
Charles T. Munger
I’ve spent a lifetime studying leaders, heroes, and scoundrels, with more than a few individuals who are justly categorized in all three groups. We seek to define each person’s character so that we can venerate or denounce them, but in most cases cleanly defining who a person is proves elusive. Many of us struggle to know what even our own character is.
On Character
Stanley McChrystal
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