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In the 1976 movie The Bad News Bears, the coach (Walter Matthau) points out the folly of assumptions. He writes “ASSUME” on the chalkboard, then adds slashes “ASS/U/ME” while saying, “When you ASSUME—it could make an ASS out of U and ME!”
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(2007). Question Your Assumptions. In: The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68222-8_28
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