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“Academia is to knowledge what prostitution is to love; close enough on the surface but, to the nonsucker, not exactly the same thing”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
― Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
― Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
“Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.”
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“The ability to focus attnetion on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence."---Irrational Exuberance”
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“Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the equilibrium. In fact, deviations are not "corrected" as a chance process unfolds, they are merely diluted.”
― Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
― Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
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