Wisdom in SpaceProsthetic Knowledge, n. Information that a person does not know, but can access as needed using technology
-- prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com
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Too much [central] control freezes the system into limited configurations; too little causes it to wander aimlessly. Only systems that hover on the border between order and chaos exhibit the needed general stability and capacity to explore the universe of possible solutions to challenges.
-- Stuart A. Kauffman (Sciam (Nov 2006))
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The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication... the first phase is characterized by the question "How can we eat?" the second by the question "Why do we eat?" and the third by the question "Where shall we have lunch?"
-- Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment)
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The earnest admission of not-knowing is the furled flower that rests in the heart of all true science, art, and empathy.
-- Pat Rothfuss
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In attempting to arrive at the truth, I have applied everywhere for information, but in scarcely an instance have I been able to obtain hospital records fit for any purposes of comparison. If they could be obtained . . . they would show subscribers how their money was being spent, what amount of good was really being done with it.
-- Florence Nightingale
I define legacy system as any system that's been up long enough to work.
-- Clement McDonald
HibipixGreat Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado
Photo by Colin Lloyd
Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/snow-covered-mountains-during-daytime-zu6r5ufriTA
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Photo by Colin Lloyd
Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/snow-covered-mountains-during-daytime-zu6r5ufriTA
#photography #nature #mountain #montagne #montanha #landscape #paisagem #paysage #greatsanddunes #nationalpark #colorado #usa
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
-- G. K. Chesterton
An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.
-- Aldous Huxley
