Jia Jun Qin

“Disconfirmation of deeply held beliefs causes severe psychic pain; what better way of alleviating it than in the company of newly won believers? As put by Festinger, “If more and more people can be persuaded that the system of belief is correct, then clearly it must, after all, be correct.”
― William J. Bernstein, The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups

“There was one time that a pirate buried treasure somewhere. One time. And the entire idea of buried pirate treasure comes from that one incident.”
― Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

“Monarch butterflies travel thousands of miles during their migration across North America,”
― Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

“The primary function of financial capitalism is to efficiently funnel money from those with an excess of it to those who need it.”
― William J. Bernstein, The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups