Occam’s Razor doesn’t mean what’s simplest must be true;
It means that we are stupid and it’s the best that we can do.
May 092016
Erring
Error is boundless.
Nor hope nor doubt,
Though both be groundless,
Will average out.
—Cunningham
May 032016
To make a new mistake is no small thing.
Apr 272016
Never call someone a pseudo-intellectual unless you are sure that you would recognize a real one.
Apr 182016
The pursuit of higher wisdom always seems to begin with discarding whatever lower wisdom you may possess.
Apr 062016
To believe again is almost unheard of; to believe still is as common as dirt.
Mar 312016
To plant an idea in a man’s mind, persuade him not that it is true but that it is his own.
Mar 292016
Opportunity, legal status, result — we are all apparently obliged to believe in the equality of something.
Mar 232016
The opposite of hypocrisy is overconfidence.
Mar 152016
If you publicize your errors vigorously, eventually someone will say they are remembered because you were right so often.
Mar 022016
Those who trust their first thought sometimes have a second, but rarely a third.