The fiercest tribal warrior is the universalist.
Apr 182014
Apr 172014
In fiction we admire energy, not virtue. We root for the life-force, however it manifests.
Apr 162014
There are entire fields, like psychiatry and philosophy, devoted chiefly to exploding the errors that they create.
Apr 152014
The Third Culture is Engineering.
Apr 142014
Ingenuity is fatal in philosophers.
Apr 112014
Ignorance prevents plagiarism but does not confer originality.
Apr 102014
Humanity has progressed vastly with how, less with what, and not at all with why.
Apr 092014
One ought to be a bit embarrassed to win an election.
Apr 082014
To make a reputation as a deep thinker, settle on a single half-truth early, and spend the rest of your life flogging it.
Apr 072014
The last heresy is orthodoxy.