Words of Wisdom — January 28, 2014

James Joyce on Mistakes

“A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”- James Joyce

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“A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
– James Joyce

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

More than 90 percent of people make a mistake on this test.

One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.

Even with only 12.5 hours of exposure time, James Webb’s first deep-field image taught us lessons we’ve never realized before.

When you’re a genius, how do you make ends meet?

James Gleick, the author of biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman, discusses what they and other geniuses have in common.

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