Friday, April 28, 2006

Quote from Captain James Cook

"I can be bold to say, that no man will ever venture farther than I have done and that the lands which may lie to the South will never be explored."


Captain James Cook, 27 January 1775

I put this quote here as food for thought. At the time Cook wrote this he had good enough reason to make such a strong statement. For well over 2000 years, or perhaps even all of recorded human history to that time, boots were only made of wood. Note, that at this time, there were no steam powered vessels, nor were there the steel and iron ships which would come to be about 100 years later.

When we try to solve problems in our lives we often put too little thought into questioning the base assumptions that we make decisions on.

This also leads into that often quoted addage about those who do not know the past are doomed to repeat it.