* A mathematician is absorbed in what goes into his head, while a scientist searches what is outside of him.
* Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.
* Rational Thinking seems to do is to rationalize one's action by fitting some logic to them.
* Risk detection and avoidance are not mediated in thinking part of the brain but "emotional one"
*commonsense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions gained by age eighteen.
* Probability is an introspective field of inquiry.
*Past is always deterministic
* History flows forward, we envision it backward.
*Unlike other hard sciences history cannot lend itself to experimentation.
* Wealth does not count as much to one's well being as the route to get to it.
*History teaches us that things that did not happen before do happen.
* Science is mere speculation, mere formulation of conjecture.
*Generally attitude of epic heroism accompanies rapid enrichment.
* Work ethics is another name for Inefficient Mediocrity
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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