May 2012
29 posts
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The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is...
– Christopher Hitchens
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I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I’m happy to...
– Elwood P. Dowd
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It would have been a perfect evening if their brother Rick had been here with...
– Johnny Carson
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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
– James Joyce
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Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth...
– Paul Erdős
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a...
– Bertrand Russell
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In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
– Margaret Atwood
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We don’t need more things… People are more magical than iPads! Your...
– Scott Heiferman
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‘Markets are strong forces,’ says Bill Joy, the legendary programmer...
– From Eli Pariser’s Filter Bubble
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Technology is neither good or bad, nor is it neutral.
– Kranzberg’s first law
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I only make jokes to distract myself from the truth.
– “Distractions” - Sophie Barker, Zero 7
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The future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed.
– William Gibson
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Reality” is one of the few words which mean nothing without quotes.
– Vladimir Nabokov
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Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.
– Justice Louis Brandeis
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There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a...
– Joseph Pulitzer
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You’re wondering why I’ve called you here. The reason is simple. To answer all...
– John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider, 1974
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Sacrificing anonymity may be the next generation’s price for keeping precious...
– Hal Norby
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There’s no going back, and there’s no hiding the information. So let everyone...
– Andrew Kantor
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I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you...
– Stephen Roberts
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I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I...
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Intelligence is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance
– Eric Lau
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In late 1998, Senator Daniel Moynihan published a slim but incisive book,...
– David Brin, The Transparent Society
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Intellectuals solve problems. Geniuses prevent them.
– Albert Einstein
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Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and...
– Carl Sagan
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I don’t think Osama bin Laden sent those planes to attack us because he hated...
– David Cross (via transatlantique)