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"Of all the attempts over the centuries to place humans in distinct races, none succeeds. Genetics refuses to comply with these artificial and superficial categories. Skin colour, while being the most obvious difference between people, is a very bad proxy for the total amount of similarity or difference between individuals and between populations." — Jul 29, 2020 01:09AM
"Of all the attempts over the centuries to place humans in distinct races, none succeeds. Genetics refuses to comply with these artificial and superficial categories. Skin colour, while being the most obvious difference between people, is a very bad proxy for the total amount of similarity or difference between individuals and between populations." — Jul 29, 2020 01:09AM
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"I don't buy the whole "self-taught genius engineer who prefers to be a poor petty thief instead of actually working as a well-paid engineer" character. There better be a good explanation for this behavior." — Jun 02, 2020 06:22AM
"I don't buy the whole "self-taught genius engineer who prefers to be a poor petty thief instead of actually working as a well-paid engineer" character. There better be a good explanation for this behavior." — Jun 02, 2020 06:22AM
“Read the best writers from all different periods; keep your reading of contemporaries in proportion - you do not want a steady diet of contemporary literature. You already belong to your time.”
― Essays One
― Essays One
“If you look back far enough, everything is stolen and every country invaded.”
― The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
― The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
“Wenn eine Gesellschaft vor ihrer literarischen Kultur keine Achtung mehr hat, wenn die Achtung nicht so beschaffen ist, daß sie es als achtenswert empfindet, über diese Kultur einigermaßen Bescheid zu wissen, wenn sie also das unaufhebbare Nichtbescheidwissen der Mehrheit - ihre Unbildung - nicht mehr als bedauerlichen Mangel empfindet, der nur durch die Bildung einer kulturellen Elite kompensiert werden kann, dann ist nichts mehr zu machen.”
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“There’s no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“I find it hard to believe that she was just seventeen, my age now, when she was married and taken halfway across the world. But then again, Mama was just seventeen when she gave birth to me, so it makes me realize how young we youth of today really are.
Maybe we know more or think we know more, or do a lot more, but we haven’t been through as much. We’d never be able to cope with the pressures our mothers and grandmothers went through.”
― Looking for Alibrandi
Maybe we know more or think we know more, or do a lot more, but we haven’t been through as much. We’d never be able to cope with the pressures our mothers and grandmothers went through.”
― Looking for Alibrandi
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