#inertia

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. ↗

— Will Rogers

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#humor #inertia #inspirational #humor

The more important question, of course, was what the new Lucy would do, and even though I was pretty sure the old Lucy wouldn't be around much anymore, I was a little bit afraid the new Lucy hadn't yet shown up. ↗

— Pam Houston

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#fear #growth #inertia #self-invention #change

If non-linear leaps in intelligence and ability are possible, why haven't these effects been observed in our schools? I believe the answer lies in the profound inertia of human thought: when an entire society believes something is impossible, it suppresses, by its very way of life, the evidence that would contradict that belief. ↗

— John Mighton

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#inertia #science #society #intelligence