First you do not write what you think, then you do not say what you think, and finally you do not think what you think.
Jun 252013
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
First you do not write what you think, then you do not say what you think, and finally you do not think what you think.
If you must be stupid, at least be lazy.
It is rarer to know when to think than how.
The deontologist blindfolds himself, lest his eyes deceive him.
Philosophers are careful not to derive ought from is, less so about deriving is from ought.
Polytheism is pre-scientific: monotheism is anti-scientific.
What is not indexed may as well not exist.
Small men flee from a generalization like small animals from a sudden noise — it might not mean danger, but why take a chance?
Nothing so distresses the disciple as the master changing his mind.
So much to unlearn, so little time.