There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact

There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea. – P. W. Bridgman

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My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest trick, which now that I look back on some things, she would love it, she would say thats amazing, or if Id make the ugliest drawing, she would hang it up. She was amazing. – David Blaine

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