Pauling on Good Ideas

Today is the birthday of Linus Pauling, the American chemist (1901-1994) who said 

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.

And concerning specialists, do-gooders, activists, militants, humanists, and other élites we ought to look up to and support:

Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them.