Comments on: Montaigne, on software https://j11y.io/general/montaigne-on-software/ Sun, 22 Mar 2015 15:39:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.13 By: Roy https://j11y.io/general/montaigne-on-software/#comment-2687 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 02:15:50 +0000 https://j11y.io/?p=2457#comment-2687 “Better to be tentative than to be recklessly sure—to be an apprentice at sixty, than to present oneself as a doctor at ten.”
Excellent advice, there is always the possibility (or even probability) that one’s opinions, theories or conjectures might be incorrect. It is much better, IMO!, to let the facts speak for themselves. Getting a reality check is a good mental exercise.

Thank you for a thought-provoking article

]]> By: Oliver https://j11y.io/general/montaigne-on-software/#comment-2685 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:15:12 +0000 https://j11y.io/?p=2457#comment-2685 @lucas I’d say no: there’s a certain humility in saying “I don’t understand why you have chosen to do [x]; can you explain?”

]]> By: Lucas https://j11y.io/general/montaigne-on-software/#comment-2684 Tue, 07 Jan 2014 09:00:37 +0000 https://j11y.io/?p=2457#comment-2684 I certainly apply this in my life: “I quote others only in order to better express myself.”.

About what you said in the first sentences, “Be humble, always keep learning, and question authority.”; it’s a hard thing to do, to be humble and question the authority, don’t you think? 🙂

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