May 2012
29 posts
16 tags
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is...”
– Christopher Hitchens
May 30th
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“I’ve wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I’m happy to...”
– Elwood P. Dowd
May 29th
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“It would have been a perfect evening if their brother Rick had been here with...”
– Johnny Carson
May 28th
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“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”
– James Joyce
May 27th
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May 26th
52,060 notes
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May 26th
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“Why are numbers beautiful? It’s like asking why is Beethoven’s Ninth...”
– Paul Erdős
May 25th
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“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a...”
– Bertrand Russell
May 24th
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“In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
– Margaret Atwood
May 18th
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“We don’t need more things… People are more magical than iPads! Your...”
– Scott Heiferman
May 17th
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“‘Markets are strong forces,’ says Bill Joy, the legendary programmer...”
– From Eli Pariser’s Filter Bubble
May 16th
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“Technology is neither good or bad, nor is it neutral.”
– Kranzberg’s first law
May 15th
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“I only make jokes to distract myself from the truth.”
– “Distractions” - Sophie Barker, Zero 7
May 15th
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“The future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed.”
– William Gibson
May 14th
May 14th
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“Reality” is one of the few words which mean nothing without quotes.”
– Vladimir Nabokov
May 13th
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“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
– Justice Louis Brandeis
May 12th
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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
May 11th
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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
May 10th
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“Sacrificing anonymity may be the next generation’s price for keeping precious...”
– Hal Norby
May 9th
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“There’s no going back, and there’s no hiding the information. So let everyone...”
– Andrew Kantor
May 8th
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“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you...”
– Stephen Roberts
May 7th
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“I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
May 6th
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May 5th
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“Intelligence is knowing to stay silent as others demonstrate their ignorance”
– Eric Lau
May 4th
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“In late 1998, Senator Daniel Moynihan published a slim but incisive book,...”
– David Brin, The Transparent Society 
May 4th
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“Intellectuals solve problems. Geniuses prevent them.”
– Albert Einstein
May 3rd
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“Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and...”
– Carl Sagan
May 3rd
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“I don’t think Osama bin Laden sent those planes to attack us because he hated...”
– David Cross (via transatlantique)
May 1st
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