“For a long time I supposed that somewhere in the university [Cambridge — ed. note, N.I.], there were really clever people whom I had not yet met, and whom I should at once recognise as my intellectual superiors, but during my second year, I discovered that I already knew all the cleverest people in the university. This was a disappointment to me, but at the same time gave me increased self-confidence.”
Uncertain certainties and the fragility of reason
