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The attribution there seems to be optimized for people who (1) recognize ANW as Alfred North Whitehead but (2) didn't already recognize the quotation as his. I suspect that's a pretty small set.


Sorry, not optimised, just satisficing: because I have started to always attribute by initials, I need never think about whether to spell out (which) names...




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