There is no problem high intelligence causes that higher intelligence can’t fix.
Jan 182021
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
Jan 152021
The similarity in an analogy is the meat; the difference is the sauce.
Dec 302020
The distinguished Soviet geneticist Vavilov was unpersoned for refusing to reject heredity in favor of the neo-Lamarckism championed by Lysenko and Stalin, and I feel fortunate to live in a country where nothing like that could ever happen.
Dec 242020
We need not search for facts that confirm our opinions: all facts confirm our opinions.
Dec 112020
Most of the things we want to talk about are continuous, and most of the ways we have to talk about them are discrete.
Dec 072020
Markets tend naturally toward monopoly in certain commodities, like diamonds, or ideas.
Nov 252020
Overrated: thinking before you speak
Underrated: thinking after you speak
Nov 052020
Causation implies correlation.
Oct 222020
A man at philosophy is like a cat up a tree: he can think his way into a lot more trouble than he can think his way out of.
Oct 212020
There are people who understand the power of speech, and people who oppose restrictions on speech, but rarely the same people.