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"That’s what I tell my PhD students: Don’t do any reading. Figure out why you ..."

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:35:39 GMT

"That’s what I tell my PhD students: Don’t do any reading. Figure out why you wake up in the morning, what you’re passionate about, and then read the literature. But don’t figure out what’s interesting based on what other people say."

–Beau Lotto

"Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cosy in..."

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:28:22 GMT

"Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cosy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigour, and the great spaces have a splendour of their own."

–Bertrand Russel

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" Atheism does have comfort to offer in the face of death. Among other thin..."

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:24:59 GMT

" Atheism does have comfort to offer in the face of death. Among other things, it offers the idea that a finite life can be seen as more valuable, not less: that the impermanence of life can inspire us to see it as precious, and to savor it and treasure it as much as we possibly can. "

–Greta Christina

"It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them."

Wed, 12 May 2010 08:27:37 GMT

"It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them."

–Pierre Beaumarchais

1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal;

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:52:21 GMT

1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal;

2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty

is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a

career out of it;

3) anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the

natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation

as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it

gradually turns out to be alright really.

Douglas Adams

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"A coupla months in the laboratory can save a coupla hours in the library."

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:09:24 GMT

"A coupla months in the laboratory can save a coupla hours in the library."

–Westheimer's Discovery

"What you have makes you happy. What you want makes you unhappy."

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:40:34 GMT

"What you have makes you happy. What you want makes you unhappy."

"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means ..."

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:15:22 GMT

"Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language."

–Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of goo..."

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:49:35 GMT

"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."

–Bertrand Russell

"There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarg..."

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:41:59 GMT

"There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause."

–P.J. O'Rourke

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, the..."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:16:49 GMT

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

–Oscar Wilde

"What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:46 GMT

"What I hear, I forget.
What I see, I remember.
What I do, I understand.
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–Confucius

"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:32:57 GMT

"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice."

–Edgar Watson Howe

"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypo..."

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:27:58 GMT

"It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young."

–Konrad Lorenz

"If you have an eye for detail and know what's important, chances are you can ..."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:37 GMT

"If you have an eye for detail and know what's important, chances are you can really cook. You can tell the people who just can't cook because they make bad salads. Sorry but that's how it is..."

–Jennifer Newens and Sebastian Dickhaut

"The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components of a computer system are ..."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:58:26 GMT

"The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components of a computer system are those that aren't there."

–Gordon Bell, DEC Laboratories

"Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:57:58 GMT

"Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming."

–Brian Kernigan

"Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, o..."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:57:34 GMT

"Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris"

–Larry Wall

"Being old undermines the ultimate futility of existence in two ways: the old ..."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:56:04 GMT

"Being old undermines the ultimate futility of existence in two ways: the old are a reminder of our own mortality; but they are also living on beyond the motivating forces that both drive and sustain us for most of our lives. Living beyond career and child care, beyond the promises of a future self that is better, and better off, than the present self, old people are stripped of the standard narratives of development and progression. The trajectory of life has flattened, and this can seem like preparation for the terminal drop; a period of treading water between the end of aspiration and the beggining of expiration. But human beings, however, invent their own meanings, and there is no reason why, as at any stage in life, there should not be new narratives beyond those dictated by biology or economic necessity."

–Raymond Tallis, "Hippocratic Oaths", p. 237

"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:55:18 GMT

"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

–General Charles De Gaulle

"Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try"

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:54:34 GMT

"Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try"

–Fran Lebowitz