Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.

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Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don’t know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.

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The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.

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The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
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Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.

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Better to make a good future than predict a bad one.
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My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn’t worth discussing.

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My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn’t worth discussing.
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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.

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While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
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You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.

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You don’t have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
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The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.

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The great secret of the successful fool is that he’s no fool at all.
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I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it.

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I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it.
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There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.

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There is no more desire to live past one’s time than to die before it.
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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

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The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.

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There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.

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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make self-education easier; failing that, it does nothing.
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.

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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny.’
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The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

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The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.

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Since emotions are few and reasons are many (said the robot Giscard) the behavior of a crowd can be more easily predicted than the behavior of one person.
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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.

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He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my way of thinking means “I want the liberty to grow rich and you can have the liberty to starve”. It’s easy to believe that no one should depend on society for help when you yourself happen not to need such help.
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