"The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."
— Nikola Tesla
The Scientists Of Today Think Deeply
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
About this quote
Nikola Tesla published this criticism in Modern Mechanics and Inventions magazine in July 1934, during a period when he was largely isolated from mainstream science and bitter about the direction of theoretical physics. Tesla was skeptical of relativity and quantum mechanics, preferring a classical, ether-based view of electromagnetism. The remark targets what he saw as an obsession with mathematical abstraction at the expense of physical clarity.
Source
Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July 1934
