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.
03/11/2024
If someone can suffer more, it means he’s worthy of suffering more.
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
03/10/2024
If we’re spending a lot of time second-guessing someone’s domain expertise and decision-making, then maybe they’re the wrong person.
— Janice Fraser, Jason Fraser, and Eric Ries, Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama
03/09/2024
…some of today’s florid outbursts of irrationality may be understood as the rational pursuit of goals other than an objective understanding of the world.
— Steven Pinker, Rationality
03/08/2024
When it comes to our actions, disorder and distraction are death. The unordered mind loses track of what’s in front of it—what matters—and gets distracted by thoughts of the future.
— Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way
03/07/2024
…intelligence is not the same thing as rationality, since being good at computing something is no guarantee that a person will try to compute the right things. Rationality also requires reflectiveness, open-mindedness, and mastery of cognitive tools like formal logic and mathematical probability.
— Steven Pinker, Rationality
1995 post articles, 399 pages.