The cure for being in thrall to one bad idea, the reasonable moderate constantly assures us, is to be in thrall to several.
Nov 202019
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
Nov 012019
Ideas spread when the people who hold them move, and perish when the people who hold them die.
Oct 102019
To read minds, don’t tell people their thoughts, supply them with better ones.
Oct 082019
We play with words when we run out of thoughts.
Aug 012019
All criticism is destructive, differing only in tact and degree.
Jul 192019
Principle of Philosophic Parsimony: What would cause a lot of rethinking if it were true must be false.
Jul 042019
To be published in outlets of respectable opinion it is necessary to form respectable opinions.
Jun 202019
Bad people are a fertile and oft-neglected source of good ideas.
Jun 172019
It is natural to demand special consideration for your feelings if you can’t think.
Jun 032019
We search for truths, and find equilibria.