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"Were it not for habit, life should seem delightful to beings constantly under threat of dying, in other words to all humankind."
— Mar 31, 2015 04:25AM
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The names of things always express a view of the mind, which is foreign to our genuine impressions of them, and which forces us to eliminate from them whatever does not correspond to that view.
— Apr 10, 2015 06:57AM
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Proust found the Dunning-Kruger effect first:
"Inaccuracies and incompetence in no way reduce self-assurance. The opposite is more usual"
(p. 351)
— Apr 04, 2015 10:52AM
"Inaccuracies and incompetence in no way reduce self-assurance. The opposite is more usual"
(p. 351)
Simon
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Into week 3. Doesn't get any less marvelous (though some parts more demanding or to one's interests than others)
— Mar 17, 2015 04:10AM
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2015 week 2 goal. especially fascinating this part, made lots of notes.
— Mar 07, 2015 10:25AM
