“If there is something in nature you don’t understand, odds are it makes sense in a deeper way that is beyond your understanding. So there is a logic to natural things that is much superior to our own. Just as there is a dichotomy in law: ‘innocent until proven guilty’ as opposed to ‘guilty until proven innocent’, let me express my rule as follows: what Mother Nature does is rigorous until proven otherwise; what humans and science do is flawed until proven otherwise.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“You may never know what type of person someone is unless they are given opportunities to violate moral or ethical codes.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
“Most humans manage to squander their free time, as free time makes them dysfunctional, lazy, and unmotivated—the busier they get, the more active they are at other tasks.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
Thanx Admin – Comment #3 is priceless.