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Even Geniuses Lack a Monopoly on Truth

Even towering geniuses can be wrong within their own domain—Louis Armstrong wrongly disliked Charlie Parker, and Einstein was wrong about quantum mechanics in resisting that God plays dice—demonstrating that no one, however great, holds a monopoly on truth.

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Cornel West

Evidence Quote

we know Einstein to be the great Einstein that he was, he just didn't have a monopoly on truth either

Source

121 | Cornel West on What Democracy Is and Should BeSean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:19:17 AM

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