Humans are so ill-equipped to think about conspiracies that they infect and derange our thinking in the few areas in which we are usually competent.
Aug 072018
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
Aug 012018
Relativism is less a philosophy than an excuse.
Jul 092018
Language is viscous, it resists: one thinks in words as one swims in water.
Jul 052018
We are exhorted to ask cui bono?, yet cui malo? is often the more penetrating question.
Jul 042018
Why is not half so troublesome a question as So What.
Jun 142018
To the problem of different opinions political science offers two solutions, idealism and realism. Idealism: different opinions should not exist. Realism: different opinions do not exist.
May 042018
Haters gonna have a point now and then.
Apr 132018
A dangerous idea must be, if not true, at least plausible.
Mar 262018
It is because we always begin with the conclusion that we ever get anywhere.
Mar 232018
It is possible to change your mind, when old, only if you have previously acquired the habit.