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.
02/10/2025
…when we have very little or no experience with an activity (perhaps only book-knowledge). Then we are prone to represent it completely fictitiously, with very little correlation to reality, and often with a lot of anxiety besides.
— Roman Gelperin, Addiction, Procrastination, and Laziness
02/09/2025
In the United States, eleven nuclear reactors have recently been closed or are threatened with closure, which would cancel the entire carbon savings from the expanded use of solar and wind.
— Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now
02/08/2025
…the concept of an extended, dehumanising imprisonment holds greater terror than that of a quick, if brutal, release into the freedom of death through execution.
— Philip Stokes, Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
02/07/2025
As long as we believe that there is a way the world should be (e.g. we should meet our quarterly targets) and a way the world shouldn’t be (e.g. milk shouldn’t be spilled), life won’t work according to our beliefs.
— Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, and Kaley Klemp, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership
02/06/2025
To be humble is to take specific actions in anticipation of your own errors. To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.
— Eliezer Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind
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