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Julius Taranto
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How I Won a Nobel Prize
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2023
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5 editions
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The Moral Offset: A Novel
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“What do we mean when we say we are a free country? I think it means that if you go through life moderately independent, not unusually strong, capable enough, you do not often find yourself on the pointy end of power. Of course you are submitting all the time to the powers that be: to law, to physical and financial reality, to the preferences of family and friends and colleagues. That is the inherent compromise of living in the world; that is every person’s lack of omnipotence.”
― How I Won a Nobel Prize
― How I Won a Nobel Prize
“But you can always tell when a writer suggests knowledge he doesn’t in fact possess. It feels rickety, doesn’t it? Too few bolts holding the thing down.”
― How I Won a Nobel Prize
― How I Won a Nobel Prize
“Individuality doesn’t mean anything if we’re obliged to spend our lives heroically lunging at every injustice. People do horrible things to one another all day, all the time, the world over. Why isn’t it enough for me to do science? I’m trying to fix fucking climate change. Why do I have to be captive to every crisis? Why should I have to be in a constant state of broadcast, a pundit on every topic of public concern?”
― How I Won a Nobel Prize
― How I Won a Nobel Prize
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