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“To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.”
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“Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?”
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“What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.”
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“In real-life situations apparently logical lines of argument are often (not always) based on an inability to see alternative possibilities.
In a similar way the ability to think of an alternative explanation is by far the best way of destroying the arrogance of an apparently logical line of argument.”
― Teach Your Child How to Think
In a similar way the ability to think of an alternative explanation is by far the best way of destroying the arrogance of an apparently logical line of argument.”
― Teach Your Child How to Think
“The risings and settings of the sun, the moon, and the other heavenly bodies may come about from the lighting up and quenching of their fires…; for nothing in our sensory experience runs counter to this hypothesis. Or the said effects may be caused by the emergence of these bodies from a point above the earth and again by the earth’s position in front of them; for nothing in our sensory experience is against this.45 Here two alternative explanations of “risings and settings” are offered; both are of equal value and equally true, since neither is contradicted by anything in our experience. On the contrary, we have all seen fires die down from lack of fuel, and lights obscured or blacked out by objects coming in front of them.”
― Lettera sulla felicità
― Lettera sulla felicità
Avik’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Avik’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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87 friends
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515 books
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469 books
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356 books
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45 friends
432 books
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19 friends
1,230 books
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625 friends
214 books
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100 friends
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