"Anyone saying 'I am busy' is signaling a certain degree of incompetence (and lack of control of his life). Unless, of course, he is lying to get rid of you and enjoy doing nothing."
-- Nassim Taleb
How good of him to put it that way: there's been this subtle shift in my psychology over the past month or so which has been hard to put my finger on, ( Read more... )

Belief is a poor substitute for faith ( Read more... )

Most changes don't turn out to be revolutions, and actual revolutionary changes don't usually go around announcing their presence for all to hear.

As the marginal cost of transmitting information tends toward zero, the overhead associated with processing it tends toward infinity.

Poetry represents what we don't yet have words for. Words represent what we don't yet have math for.

Ego, n. -- An illusion in pursuit of a futility.

Never assume when you can check. Never tell when you can demonstrate. And never enter into disputes over religious matters.

Nobody wants to be a half-wit, but being a wit is almost as bad sometimes because it breeds overconfidence. I think the optimum is to be a three-quarter wit: to know what you're talking about but never feel too comfortable in the talking.

Some atheists want religiousness to be like having kids, when really it's more like wanting sex; atheism is not like using a prophylactic, it's like being asexual.

Humans are wont to make too much out of the search for equilibrium-one of the defining characteristics of life is that it's never at equilibrium.