This is the credo of a physicist but I think most of it can be applied to almost any profession. A somewhat longer version appeared in Physics Today which you can find here
<a href="https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-abstract/46/5/63/407633/All-I-Really-Need-to-Know" rel="nofollow">https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-abstract/46/5/63/4...</a><p>Does anyone have anything to add to this?