“When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?”
― John Maynard Keynes
― John Maynard Keynes
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I like it.
This is the essence of any honest person, whether he/she be a scientist or otherwise.Some people never change their mind about anything at all, and think this makes them "assertive". It doesn't. It just makes them look stubborn in the face of new evidence.
"Sometimes its not a lie, the truth just changes"I like it.
Some people never change their mind about anything at all, and think this makes them "assertive". It doesn't. It just makes them look stubborn in the face of new evidence.
Selluwud
"The speculative nature of scientific thought was brought home to the Dalai Lama most clearly through hearing about the work of Thomas Kuhn, who wrote about how paradigms shift in science. . . . From this, the Dalai Lama saw, we must take scientific truths not as absolute and unchanging, but as theories that can become outdated if they do not fit new facts. . . . The self-correcting process through which science continues to sharpen in pursuit of truth parallels the very spirit of Buddhist logic in which the Dalai Lama is steeped. 'In a way, the methodologies of Buddhist thought and science are essentially similar.' "
Destructive Emotions and How We Can Overcome Them: A Dialogue With the Dalai Lama p. 38 (Bloomsbury Publishing 2004).
From The Guardian 2025-08-18,
‘Skibidi’, ‘delulu’ and ‘tradwife’ among words added to Cambridge Dictionary
I don't agree with this high-and-mighty observation. Kids come up with words that trend - and have been doing it for generations. To equate the word "skibidi" with brainrot is hollow. No, young people are not starved for meaning. To say such a thing is to suggest the sayer has not spent much time with young people, but scarcely knows them from the pinnacle of his self-made tower.
"Gray is the least eye-catching of colors. Gray is the no-color, the no-shade neutral. Gray is the unhued sky which does duty only as background to rainbows. Gray is the dull emotion of boredom; gray is the color of depression; gray is tone of absence and invisibility. No food or drinks are gray. While most colors are symbolic, gray is the one color to which no symbols cling."
Jay Griffiths, A Sideways Look at Time p. 139 (Penguin 2004)
Jay Griffiths, A Sideways Look at Time p. 139 (Penguin 2004)
I think I would change this to - "If people cannot read well, they cannot think well..."
Agreed. The sad thing is that many people would be perfectly happy to let others do their thinking for them. Hence the popularity of Fox News.
I would add something that Mark Twain said: "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
I'm not exactly sure who to attribute them to. I could probably find out, but right at the moment I cannot be arsed, and I don't think their originators would be super hung up on credit anyway.
"With whom are you in love against?"
"Do what you do with another person, but never put anyone out of your heart."
"Love is the strongest medicine."
These really speak to who I am, or rather who I would wish to be. It's the kind of mindset I aspire to.
"With whom are you in love against?"
"Do what you do with another person, but never put anyone out of your heart."
"Love is the strongest medicine."
These really speak to who I am, or rather who I would wish to be. It's the kind of mindset I aspire to.
Or something else he said: "Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
A great man, by all accounts. I have Meditations on my to-read list, made a small start on it. He's not the most interesting emperor, but that might just be because I don't know him yet; but he makes a good case for most admirable one.
Another good one to get familiar with is Epictetus. A book by Sharon Lebell offers a nice little manual about his teachings:
Art of Living: Epictetus's Timeless Wisdom on Virtue, Happiness, and Tranquility for a Fulfilling and Ethical Life
Thanks! I'm always looking for ways to live with more virtue, happiness, and tranquility. I wanna be just as fulfilled and ethical as the next guy.
ETA: I get that that probably sounds like some species of sarcasm, but truly. I'm on a decade-spanning self improvement kick over here, and need all the help I can get.
That book brought me a lot of comfort in a trying time.
In my experience, books come far more readily to our rescue than other people do. Books are trustworthy and reliable. I don't mean that to sound overly cynical or anti-social or whatever, I'm looking to elevate books rather than diminish people. People can be lovely and a great comfort as well.
The one that saw me through the truly rough storms is the Bhagavad Gita. It's not for everyone, but it was for me at that time.
