<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A person refusing yesterday's medicine can... > A person refusing yesterday's medicine can occasionally get lucky. A person constructing an identity around refusing tomorrow's medicine is placing a standing bet against discoveries that have not even happened yet. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A person refusing yesterday's medicine can occasionally get lucky. A person constructing an identity around refusing tomorrow's medicine is placing a standing bet against discoveries that have not even happened yet.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-person-refusing-yesterdays-discoveries-happened-yet ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->