• A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows.

  William James
  American philosopher 1842-1910
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1. ridiculous
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3. everybody
4. finally
5. becomes
6. knows

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A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows. by : William James

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