Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.
TIM MINCHINBe demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire.
TIM MINCHINA genius is a mentally ill person with an audience
TIM MINCHINIt’s the fine balance of caffeine and alcohol that bookends my days
TIM MINCHINTake them out onto the verandah and beat them with a cricket bat…. Be intellectually rigorous. Identify your biases, your prejudices, your privilege.
TIM MINCHINIsn’t this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?
TIM MINCHINScience is not a body of knowledge or a belief system, it is just a term that describes humankind’s incremental acquisition of understanding through observation.
TIM MINCHINIsn’t this enough? Just this world? Just this beautiful, complex wonderfully unfathomable world?
TIM MINCHINWe must think critically, and not just about the ideas of others. Be hard on your beliefs.
TIM MINCHINHow does it so fail to hold our attention that we have to diminish it with the invention of cheap, man-made myths and monsters?
TIM MINCHINWe have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love.
TIM MINCHINRespect people with less power then you. I don’t care if you’re the most powerful cat in the room,
TIM MINCHINA famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one.
TIM MINCHINI will judge you on how you treat the least powerful. So there.
TIM MINCHINIt’s an incredibly exciting thing, this one, meaningless life of yours.
TIM MINCHINDefine yourself by what you love.
TIM MINCHINEmpathy is intuitive, but it is also something you can work on intellectually.
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