Doug Huffman
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The observation 'That's not right. It's not even wrong.' escapes our correspondents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
The observation 'That's not right. It's not even wrong.' escapes our correspondents.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
Origins
The phrase was coined by the early quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who was known for his colorful objections to incorrect or sloppy thinking. Peierls (1960) writes of Pauli, "... a friend showed him the paper of a young physicist which he suspected was not of great value but on which he wanted Pauli's views. Pauli remarked sadly, 'That's not right. It's not even wrong.' " In science and philosophy, it is known as the principle of falsifiability.