Imagination, without a problem to work at, is dull. It does almost nothing but graft characteristics of one thing onto another; centaurs, gorgons, mermaids, and unicorns are its typical products.
Jul 222022
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
Jul 202022
Enforced unanimity about important matters provokes violent disagreements over trivia.
Jul 012022
With ideas, you get what you want, not what you need.
Jun 302022
One good idea can spawn countless bad ones.
Jun 272022
Don’t follow the money — there’s too much of it around. Follow the status. Of that there can never be enough.
Jun 232022
Learn languages, to stop thinking in words.
Jun 092022
Consensus reaches further than conspiracy ever could.
Jun 022022
Convictions are mental furniture: they provide comfortable seating and rarely move.
May 162022
The null hypothesis is the dull hypothesis.
May 132022
A man with a fixed idea is like a small child with a secret — he tries to hide it but he cannot help himself, and before long some slight provocation will send it gushing forth.