Milton Friedman Quote/Story?
Hi all,
I have a distant memory of story told by, I think, Milton Friedman (though it may have been Thomas Sowell or someone else), but I can't seem to find the video clip, or even a text version of the story, anywhere.
Basically, the story goes something like this:
Milton (maybe Thomas or someone else) was writing a paper while in grad school. He came to a certain conclusion in the paper, finalized it, then sent it to his advisor.
A couple days later, he stopped by his advisor's office to ask what he thought of the paper and the conclusion. His advisor said something like "have you ever considered your conclusion may be wrong?"
Milton said "why do you think I'm wrong?"
The advisor said "I don't think you're wrong; I actually agree with you. But have you even considered the possibility?"
I think it's a great lesson, but I can't dig up the source anywhere, though I've tried several times. Does anyone remember this story, where it was from, who told it, who it was about, or anything else?
Thanks!