We need not search for facts that confirm our opinions: all facts confirm our opinions.
Dec 242020
Thinking
Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.
—Whitehead
Dec 112020
Most of the things we want to talk about are continuous, and most of the ways we have to talk about them are discrete.
Dec 072020
Markets tend naturally toward monopoly in certain commodities, like diamonds, or ideas.
Nov 252020
Overrated: thinking before you speak
Underrated: thinking after you speak
Nov 052020
Correlation does not imply causation, and the reverse is also true.
Oct 222020
A man at philosophy is like a cat up a tree: he can think his way into a lot more trouble than he can think his way out of.
Oct 212020
There are people who understand the power of speech, and people who oppose restrictions on speech, but rarely the same people.
Sep 302020
Sanity is less a particular outlook than a practiced aversion to the multifarious forms of crazy.
Sep 282020
Thought-criminals, like regular ones, would escape punishment more often if they could manage not to boast of their exploits.
Sep 082020
Humans perceive nothing as accidental, and this is no accident.