Wisdom and Ignorance
327 aphorisms · 10 comments
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tiny.ag/e9njxakr · submitted 1997
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?
Kelvin Throop, III, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/e2icakpf · submitted 1997
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
tiny.ag/rupnqvyt · submitted 1997
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
Henrik Tikkanen, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/jttv8uoi · submitted 1997
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
tiny.ag/if4vw3y9 · submitted 1997
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/dkwycxon · submitted 1997
Clear writers assume, with a pessimism born of experience, that whatever isn't plainly stated the reader will invariably misconstrue.
tiny.ag/3laiwzst · submitted 1997
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
tiny.ag/g8ncpo30 · submitted 1997
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody has read.
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