They knew many things but had no idea why. And strangely this made them more, rather than less, certain that they were right.
The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle… - Neal Stephenson
The difference between stupid and intelligent people - and this is true whether or not they are well-educated - is that intelligent people can handle…
- Neal Stephenson
That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that goo… - Neal Stephenson
That to me is the basic message of events like the rise of Nazism, the Salem witch trials, and so on: not that bad people do bad things, but that goo…
Most of the brain's work is done while the brain's owner is ostensibly thinking about something else, so sometimes you have to deliberately find some… - Neal Stephenson
Most of the brain's work is done while the brain's owner is ostensibly thinking about something else, so sometimes you have to deliberately find some…
Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it. - Neal Stephenson
Any property that's open to common use gets destroyed. Because everyone has incentive to use it to the max, but no one has incentive to maintain it.
Well, all information looks like noise until you break the code. - Neal Stephenson
Well, all information looks like noise until you break the code.
Interesting things happen along borders - transitions - not in the middle where everything is the same. - Neal Stephenson
Interesting things happen along borders - transitions - not in the middle where everything is the same.
Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you, or else you will have no defense against the ugliness … - Neal Stephenson
Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you, or else you will have no defense against the ugliness …
Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be — or to be indistinguishable from — sel… - Neal Stephenson
Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be — or to be indistinguishable from — sel…
Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If… - Neal Stephenson
Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If…
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