
Curiosities and Connections
“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, they are almost certainly right.
When they state that something is impossible, they are very probably wrong. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke
Photo by Brian Collier
Two essays published today in the New York Times explore what initially seems like a contradiction: the value of persistence in the face of difficulty and the equally important practice of knowing when to let something go.