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Robert Pirsig
(6 Sep 1928 - )
American novelist and microbiologist whose best-known work is his autobiographical Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), in which he relates his motorcycle journey across America with his eleven-year-old son, from Minneapolis west through the Dakotas, the Rockies, and on to the Pacific Coast. He includes his contemplations on life, technology, and himself.
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Science Quotes by Robert Pirsig (2)
For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses.
— Robert Pirsig
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), 171.
Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20-20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go.
— Robert Pirsig
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), 251.
