2 Quotes by Edwin Thompson Jaynes

It was our use of probability theory as logic that has enabled us to do so easily what was impossible for those who thought of probability as a physical phenomenon associated with “randomness”. Quite the opposite; we have thought of probability distributions as carriers of information.

In any field, the Establishment is seldom in pursuit of the truth, because it is composed of those who sincerely believe that they are already in possession of it.