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things were wrong usually only when one cared too much.
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Chris Hadfield
“My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of a lifetime spent visualizing defeat and figuring out how to prevent it.

Like most astronauts, I'm pretty sure that I can deal with what life throws at me because I've thought about what to do if things go wrong, as well as right. That's the power of negative thinking.”
Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

Milan Kundera
“Man proceeds in the fog. But when he looks back to judge people of the past, he sees no fog on their path. From his present, which was their faraway future, their path looks perfectly clear to him, good visibility all the way. Looking back, he sees the path, he sees the people proceeding, he sees their mistakes, but not the fog.”
Milan Kundera, Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts

Daniel C. Dennett
“[...] нормалното положение на нещата за всяка живо същество, което се размножава, е такова, че при всяко поколение се ражда по-многобройно потомство, отколкото е възможно да се възпроизведе. Иначе казано, ножът почти винаги е опрян до кокала.

Познат пример за действието на правилото на Малтус е размножаването на популация от дрожди в парче тесто или гроздов сок. Благодарение на изобилието от захари и други хранителни вещества следва популационна експлозия, която при тестото продължава в продължение на няколко часа, а при сока - няколко седмици. Рано или късно обаче популацията достига описания от Малтус тава в резултат от собствената си ненаситност и натрупването на отпадъчни продукти - въглероден двуокис (благодарение на който се появяват мехурчетата при втасването на хляба или в шампанското) и алкохол, които ние харесваме - за разлика от горките дрожди.”
Daniel C. Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Thomas Sowell
“The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.”
Thomas Sowell

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