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Georg C. Lichtenberg

What is the good of drawing conclusions from experience? I don't deny we sometimes draw the right conclusions, but don't we just as often draw the wrong ones?

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Lichtenberg is pointing out that learning from what happens to us doesn't always lead to correct understanding because our interpretations can be mistaken. He acknowledges that while experience can guide us to the right ideas, it just as frequently misleads us into wrong ones.

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