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“To understand error in judgment, we must understand both bias and noise.”
― Noise
― Noise
“And it’s much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth: The classic adventure book full of unexpected thrills
― The Phantom Tollbooth: The classic adventure book full of unexpected thrills
“A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“So, monotheism explains order, but is mystified by evil. Dualism explains evil, but is puzzled by order. There is one logical way of solving the riddle: to argue that there is a single omnipotent God who created the entire universe – and He’s evil. But nobody in history has had the stomach for such a belief.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Evil consists in intentionally behaving in ways that harm, abuse, demean, dehumanize, or destroy innocent others—or using one’s authority and systemic power to encourage or permit others to do so on your behalf.”
― The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
― The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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