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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.

11/04/2020

Everyone in the sciences secretly believes that mathematicians are smarter than they are. I think mathematicians also believe this. At any rate, the result is that scientists tend to make their work look as mathematical as possible.

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters

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11/03/2020

…we are all cyborgs, defined as hybrids of man and machine. Examples such as using watches to tell the time, wearing glasses to correct vision, or using a pacemaker, by definition make us cyborgs.

— Donna Harraway, A Cyborg Manifesto

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11/01/2020

The same talents or personality that make a person an excellent amateur programmer may make him singularly unsuited for being a professional one; but the lack of ability to adjust his working behavior to the problem at hand will always make him unsuited.

— Gerald Weinberg, The Pschcology of Computer Programming

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