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.
06/22/2023
…there is no way that Newton’s law—or any other law of physics—can be proved in the mathematical sense of the word.
— Eli Maor, E
06/21/2023
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better. —WENDELL PHILLIPS…
— Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way
06/20/2023
Two people who believe in two different causal diagrams can analyze the same data and may never come to the same conclusion, regardless of how “big” the data are.
— Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie, The Book of Why
06/19/2023
A robust system model is one that makes the weakest assumptions: any algorithm written for such a system is very tolerant of different environments, since it makes very few and very weak assumptions.
— Mikito Takada, Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit
06/18/2023
Your customer doesn’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
— Stephen Orban, Ahead in the Cloud
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