You can't
do that.

A sentence history has heard many times, usually right before being proven wrong.

Go anyway →

Try deleting one word.

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A record of institutional certainty

People are often very confident about the limits of other people.

Too foreign.shipped worldwide

Heavier-than-air flight is impossible.1903

A bodybuilder can't become a star.then governor

The four-minute mile is beyond the body.1954, then routine

Nobody will pay for bottled water.a whole aisle

Personal computers have no market.in every pocket

That's not how it's done.it is now

Be realistic.declined

The posting

Wanted

People willing to continue despite:

skepticism
laughter
credentialed dismissal
bad timing
no clear permission
insufficient precedent

Compensation: occasionally, history
Guarantees: none
Who this is for: if it speaks to you, you already know
Instruction: go anyway

On the record

What were they sure you couldn't do?

Who said it?

They were so sure

“______________”

Said by: ·
Status: unaccepted

Go anyway.

The point is not rebellion. It is not letting borrowed limits decide your life.

Not every warning is wrong. But certainty has earned less trust than it thinks. The future has often depended on one person ignoring a perfectly reasonable consensus. A tribute to the doubters, for their unintended service.

You can'tdo that.

People are often very confident about the limits of other people.

Wanted

You can't
do that.