Quotes

I endorse many of these, but not all.

“If I had an hour to solve a problem, and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask… for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” #life – Albert Einstein

“Engaging with high level abstractions in a comfortable way, while also being cautious about ways that those abstractions might break down” #research – Richard Ngo on research mindset, AXRP Podcast

“Humans have long endured fighting over which is the right or correct religion. But this conflict can only exist when each religion is taken seriously—that is, literally. All religions peacefully coexist when they are taken as metaphor.” #spirituality – Chris Niebauer

“A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.” #life #research – John Dewey (apocryphal)

“The mere formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which […] requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science” #life #research – Albert Einstein

“The only Zen you find on tops of mountains is the Zen you bring there.” #spirituality #life – Robert M. Pirsig

“If you assert your will against the energy of an event that has already happened, it is like trying to stop the ripples caused by a leaf dropped into a still lake. Anything you do causes more disturbance, not less.” #life #spirituality – Michael Singer

“Humans are nature’s way to make the rocks think” #ai – Joscha Bach

“Follow your own nature, and follow Nature — along the road they share.” #life #spirituality – Marcus Aurelius

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” #life #spirituality – Joseph Campbell

“A lack of concern for boundary conditions is typical of young research programs, which naturally focus on demonstrating new and unexpected effects, not on making them disappear. However, the topic of boundary conditions must eventually be faced as a program develops” #research – Kahneman and Frederick in Heuristics and Biases Chapter Representativeness Revisited