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> [“Some of them are blinding glimpses of the obvious (BGOs), several overlap, and I make no claims of discovery. The fundamental proposition – and the one from which most others flow – is certainly a BGO: (1) In times of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/some-of-them-are-blinding-glimpses-of-the-obvious-bgos-several/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

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> [“(5) The training establishment may try to ignore short bouts of empirical experience to preserve its ‘rationalist’ authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/5-the-training-establishment-may-try-to-ignore-short-bouts-of/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

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## More by Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

> [“steam-tactics saga illustrates that (4) Rationalism, unlike empiricism, tends to assume an accretion of vested interests.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/steam-tactics-saga-illustrates-that-4-rationalism-unlike-empiricism/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“The one lesson to be learned is the necessity for every officer to cultivate belief in his own judgment, so as not to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/the-one-lesson-to-be-learned-is-the-necessity-for-every-officer-to/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“Many of the more ghastly and idiotic aspects of the Great War were made possible by the coincidence of mass-production and the social religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/many-of-the-more-ghastly-and-idiotic-aspects-of-the-great-war-were/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“The literal meaning of ‘doctrine’ is “what is taught within a group as its corporate beliefs, principles or faith”52 – although “what is learnt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/the-literal-meaning-of-doctrine-is-what-is-taught-within-a-group-as/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“(20) There is an inverse law between robust doctrine and the need for signalling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/20-there-is-an-inverse-law-between-robust-doctrine-and-the-need-for/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“that (11) Purveyors of technical systems will seek to define performance criteria and trials conditions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/that-11-purveyors-of-technical-systems-will-seek-to-define/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“By the close of the Victorian age Britain’s officer classes were increasingly the inheritors, rather than the winners, of empire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/by-the-close-of-the-victorian-age-britain-s-officer-classes-were/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“can therefore attribute the many reporting failures at Jutland to a cocktail of factors, including: (a) lack of initiative, and ‘seniority knows best’; (b)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/can-therefore-attribute-the-many-reporting-failures-at-jutland-to-a/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“Some of them are blinding glimpses of the obvious (BGOs), several overlap, and I make no claims of discovery. The fundamental proposition – and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/some-of-them-are-blinding-glimpses-of-the-obvious-bgos-several/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“My comments are directed at the system which was responsible for their poor performance, not at the officers concerned. I do not recall ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/my-comments-are-directed-at-the-system-which-was-responsible-for/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“(19) Signalling promotes the centralisation of authority.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/19-signalling-promotes-the-centralisation-of-authority/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“Signals’ prioritising mechanisms become dislocated in times of overload.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/signals-prioritising-mechanisms-become-dislocated-in-times-of-overload/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“(21) Heavy signalling, like copious orders, is symptomatic of doctrinal deficiency,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/21-heavy-signalling-like-copious-orders-is-symptomatic-of-doctrinal/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“(24) Properly disseminated doctrine offers both the cheapest and the most secure command-and-control method yet devised by man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/24-properly-disseminated-doctrine-offers-both-the-cheapest-and-the/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

> [“(10) Innovations adopted in accordance with peacetime doctrine, may lock the Fleet into both systems and doctrine which will fail the empirical test of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/10-innovations-adopted-in-accordance-with-peacetime-doctrine-may-lock/)

[Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-andrew-hugh-gordon/)

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