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.
06/12/2022
Any time you do a calculation using a representation of an irrational number, you’re doing an approximate calculation, and you can only get an approximate answer.
— Mark C. Chu-Carroll, Good Math
06/11/2022
There are far more sources that promise panaceas then there are voices of reason crying in this wilderness.
— Robert L. Glass, Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
06/10/2022
two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying
— Michio Kaku, Visions
06/09/2022
…class envy doesn’t originate from a truck driver in South Alabama, but from a New York or Washington, D.C., Ivy League–educated IYI (say Paul Krugman or Joseph Stiglitz) with a sense of entitlement, upset some “less smart” persons are much richer.
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game
06/08/2022
There is always a tendency for rich customers to buy expensive solutions, even when cheap solutions are better, because the people offering expensive solutions can spend more to sell them.
— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters
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