Joel Levy > Quotes

“The ancient writer Suetonius tells the story that an inventor around 70 CE displayed to a Roman emperor a machine that could move columns, only to be dismissed with the objection that such labor-saving devices would cause the poor to starve by robbing them of employment.”
― Joel Levy, Unsolved Mysteries Bizarre Events That Have Puzzled the Greatest Minds

“In 1597, financially, physically, and spiritually exhausted , de Berrio (Don Antonio de Berrio) passed away with the bitter epitaph, 'If you try to do too much you will end by doing nothing at all.”
― Joel Levy, Unsolved Mysteries Bizarre Events That Have Puzzled the Greatest Minds

“outcomes are arranged in a matrix, a different answer emerges: Fingers Malone Confess Deny Johnny Twotimes Confess 7/7 0/20 Deny 20/0 1/1”
― Joel Levy, The Infinite Tortoise: The Curious Thought Experiments of History's Great Thinkers

“The Trolley Problem (1967)”
― Joel Levy, The Infinite Tortoise: The Curious Thought Experiments of History's Great Thinkers

“the wager looks like this: God exists God does not exist Wager for God Eternal happiness in afterlife You are no better or worse off Wager against God Eternal suffering in afterlife You are no better or worse”
― Joel Levy, The Infinite Tortoise: The Curious Thought Experiments of History's Great Thinkers