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Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group. — Robert A. Heinlein

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2008 02 16 Charlie In Passing Comments (0)

Nothing is random

Nothing is random, nor will anything ever be, whether a long string of perfectly blue days that begin and end in golden dimness, the most seemingly chaotic political acts, the rise of a great city, the crystalline structure of a gem that has never seen the light, the distributions of fortune, what time the milkman [...]

2008 02 15 Charlie Books Comments (0)

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You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity. — Robert A Heinlein Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. — Nancy Lebovitz button, looking for a good source.

2008 02 14 Charlie In Passing
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In all human history, every great leap forward has been driven by a new clarity of thought. Except for a few natural catastrophes, every great woe has been driven by a stupidity. Our last enemy is ourselves; and this is a war, and we are soldiers. — Robin Hanson

2008 02 14 Charlie In Passing Comments (0)

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No matter what one does, whether one’s deeds serve virtue or vice, nothing lacks importance. All actions bear a kind of fruit. — Buddha

2008 02 13 Charlie In Passing Comments (0)

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One of these days … a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and [...]

2008 02 08 Charlie In Passing Comments (0)

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I’m not much of a joiner, and I prefer not to get entangled in the mob. That doesn’t make me smart or in any way special — the truth is I am a social freakazoid — but it does make me observant. — The Anchoress

2008 02 06 Charlie In Passing Comments (0)

Quotation

“The fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.”          – George Bernard Shaw

2008 01 26 Charlie Comments (0)