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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

Sep 242015
 

Humans think as women preach — not well, but one is surprised to find it done at all.

Sep 092015
 

The force of an analogy lies in the similarity; the point lies in the difference.

Aug 192015
 

To follow your heart is exactly what people who are skilled at manipulating your emotions want you to do.

Aug 032015
 

We rarely absorb ideas; they settle on us, like dust or ash.

Jul 282015
 

There is no point in arguing over premises, which are assumed, or conclusions, which are contained in the premises.

Jul 142015
 

Stupidity at an immense age becomes instrumental rationality, just as crime on an immense scale becomes statecraft.

Jun 222015
 

One certainty is often exchanged for another, doubt for certainty occasionally, certainty for doubt almost never.