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We have jerks, assholes, and those who are just dumb...dumb!"
"You mean relative to you others," my mother once protested.
"No, Mom, dumb like anyone is dumb."
"So how did he get a Ph.D.?"
"Sitzfleisch, Mom."
Sitzfleisch: the ability to sit through any task, to do it again and again until the job is somehow done. Those who give out Ph.D.'s are human too - sooner or later they give in.
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― The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
― The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
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Lots of data gets collected through the latest technology today, and not all of it is about people's consumer preferences.
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― Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
― Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe
