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.
09/10/2020
This is a general theme of Bayesian analysis: any hypothesis that has survived some test that threatens its validity becomes more likely.
— Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie, The Book of Why
09/09/2020
World War II, recognized that no modern country could be militarily preeminent without also being scientifically eminent.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang, Accessory to War
09/08/2020
Theories permit consciousness to ‘jump over its own shadow,’ to leave behind the given, to represent the transcendent, yet, as is self-evident, only in symbols.
— James Gleick, The Information
09/07/2020
Dependency is one of the most critical problems in software development. Much legacy code work involves breaking dependencies so that change can be easier.
— Michael Feathers, Working Effective with Legacy Code
09/06/2020
I’ve never met anyone who disagreed with the notion that there is too much hype in the software field. But behavior, all too often, clashes with this belief.
— Robert L. Glass, Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
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