Quote of the Day
If you enjoy programming, philosophy, math, or any number of geeky topics, you're in the right place. Every day, I'll post a random quote from my extensive collection of Kindle highlights. Quotes do not necessarily reflect my views or opinions. In fact, part of my epistemic process is to consume a wide variety of contradictory material.
08/03/2021
Yes, harping on every small detail, particularly when you’re confident about your field of expertise, can be annoying, trying, and frustrating. But it’s also dramatically effective in cutting down on mistakes and even major catastrophes.
— Peter Hollins, Mental Models
08/02/2021
Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.
— Aristotle, Politics
08/01/2021
…if F is finitist mathematics then there is no way to prove the consistency of F using F.
— Richard Tieszen, Simply Gödel
07/31/2021
According to this theory then, senile decay is simply a by-product of the accumulation in the gene pool of late-acting lethal and semi-lethal genes, which have been allowed to slip through the net of natural selection simply because they are late-acting.
— Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
07/30/2021
…much of programming is now taught as if it’s just the process of gluing together functions in libraries.
— Jonathan E. Steinhart, The Secret Life of Programs
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