 | "...[E.H.] Moore ws presenting a paper on a highly technical topic to
a large gathering of faculty and graduate students from all parts of the
country. When half way through he discovered what seemed to be an error
(though probably no one else in the room observed it). He stopped and
re-examined the doubtful step for several minutes and then, convinced of
the error, he abruptly dismissed the meeting -- to the astonishment of
most of the audience. It was an evidence of intellectual courage as well
as honesty and doubtless won for him the supreme admiration of every
person in the group -- an admiration which was in no wise diminished, but
rather increased, when at a later meeting he announced that after all he
had been able to prove the step to be correct." | |
