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When it comes to scientific matters the ready talkers simply run…
Quote byCharles Proteus Steinmetz · 1865–1923
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: New York Times interview (1911).
English (original)
When it comes to scientific matters the ready talkers simply run riot. There are a lot of pseudo-scientists who with a little technical jargon to spatter through their talk are always getting in the limelight by making startling predictions of what the future has in store, using as their text the most recent discovery or invention.
— Charles Proteus Steinmetz
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