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I think I might want to re-read the book again as a physical copy..

“Since religion is the source of many death rituals, often we invoke belief to denigrate the practices of others..... I have come to believe that the merits of a death custom are not based on mathematics, but on emotions, a belief in the unique nobility of one’s own culture. That is to say, we consider death rituals savage only when they don’t match our own.”

"... his brain warns him that there are words that cover up the world.
There are words that convenient. Hygienic. Legal."

"Survivorship Bias"

couple weeks ago I was trying to describe to a friend one of the most beautiful principles I learned in medicine: which basically is that sometimes the data that you're not seeing, is ultimatly the answer.

I didn't know that it had a name.. and that it had a beautiful story behind it "Abraham Wald and the missing bullet holes"!

this is only the introduction and I'm captivated!

DAMN, the beginning of this one is astonishing!!!

I'm only 10% into the story and already hooked.

"when you can't solve a difficult problem, try solving an easier version of it and start from there"

It might seem that it's about increasing productivity, but talk to any computer scientist and it'll turn out to be ore about metaphysics, a kin to think about speed of light, super conductors.... what are the universe fundamental rules and limits? In this way computer scientists are glimpsing gods blue print. what is the minimal effort required to make order?