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.
09/13/2020
Essentially ail psychological tests—certainly including all the personality tests—assume that the psychologists who made the tests are smarter than the people who take them.
— Gerald Weinberg, The Phychology of Computer Programming
09/12/2020
Ludwig Wittgenstein famously wrote: “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.”
— Martin Erwig, Once Upon an Algorithm
09/11/2020
“Zeigarnik effect.” This effect states that our brains can better remember and retain things that are unfinished or incomplete.
— Jonathan A. Levi, The Only Skill That Matters
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
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