Now and then, in support of a cause, someone exhorts me so ardently and so articulately that I know in my gut, without consulting the facts, that he is wrong.
Jul 122018
Erring
Error is boundless.
Nor hope nor doubt,
Though both be groundless,
Will average out.
—Cunningham
Jul 032018
We argue over the name when we have forgotten the thing.
Jun 282018
I don’t want you to change your opinion. I want you to abandon your opinion.
Jun 122018
The only known cure for More for Some is Less for All.
May 292018
The young are in a hurry, and the old have little time.
May 092018
Metrics work, as long as no one knows what they are.
May 012018
Conventional morality is mostly dysgenic.
Mar 302018
The modern tragedy is that the procedures that revolutionized science happen to be disastrous when applied anywhere else.
Mar 152018
The first time is the farce: the repetition is the tragedy.
Feb 232018
Convincing others is the minor problem with argument; the major one is convincing yourself.