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.
04/30/2026
Skepticism is a way of silencing fanaticism; skepticism is a way of liberating dogmatic minds.
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, In the First Circle
04/29/2026
Kant had taught that absolute Newtonian space and the principle of uniform causality are a priori principles of thought, necessary conditions on how human beings comprehend the world in which they live. Physics proved him totally mistaken. Cause and effect were mere appearance, and indeterminacy was at the root of reality.
— Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
04/28/2026
People care deeply about such variables as taxes and the minimum wage, and so fight fierce battles over them. But changing these variables rarely changes the behavior of the national economy system…
— Donella H. Meadows, Thinking in Systems
04/27/2026
In 1971, 58 percent of journalists had a college degree. Today, 92 percent do, and at many publications, a graduate degree in journalism is required—despite the fact that most renowned journalists have never studied journalism.
— David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules
04/26/2026
Stop pretending that what you’re going through is somehow special or unfair. Whatever trouble you’re having—no matter how difficult—is not some unique misfortune picked out especially for you. It just is what it is.
— Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way
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