《新科学家》杂志近期发表了刚刚出版的《吉尼斯悔恨语录词典》作者大卫·米尔斯特的一篇评论文章:“即使是天才也会犯错误”。他发现:杰出的科学家有时也会成为蹩脚的算命先生。作者在文章一开头就引用亚瑟C·克拉克在1962年说过的一句名言:“当一位杰出的老科学家说什么是可能的时候,他差不多总是对的;但当他说什么是不可能的时候,他差不多总是错的。” New Scientist recently published a commentary by David Mill, author of the recently published Guinness Dictionary of Remorse: “Even geniuses make mistakes.” He found: Outstanding scientists sometimes become crappy fortune tellers. At the beginning of the article, the author cites the famous quote Arthur C. Clarke made in 1962: “When an outstanding old scientist said what was possible, he was almost always right; but when he said no When possible, he is almost always wrong. ”