The force of an analogy lies in the similarity; the point lies in the difference.
Sep 092015
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 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 302015
Never let your pessimism interfere with your digestion.
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 262015
Genuine error varies directly with spurious precision.
Jun 222015
One certainty is often exchanged for another, doubt for certainty occasionally, certainty for doubt almost never.
Jun 182015
To see one’s thought summarized aptly and briefly is the rare experience that is flattering and humiliating in equal measure.
Jun 172015
Thought is discrete: nature is continuous.