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Owned by Unordained - Created on 12/15/2008 - Never edited 02/25/07 :: Person :: Bertrand Russell11/01/05 :: Folder :: Philosophy & Argumentation11/01/05 :: Folder :: Law & Justice07/08/03 :: Folder :: Technology 06/12/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThe most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. 03/15/08 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThe greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.  05/20/04 :: Article :: Holding back :: Laws are only for the lawful?02/11/05 :: Quote :: Bjarne StroustrupCuriously enough, the volume of interest and public debate is often inversely proportional to the importance of a feature. The reason is that it is much easier to have a firm opinion on a minor feature than on a major one; minor features fit directly into the current state of affairs, whereas major ones - by definition - do not.
[Editor's note: while this was in the context of C++ language featur [...]   01/27/05 :: Article :: Selfish :: taking a stab at "team ethics"12/06/04 :: Article :: Ensis' Reproachable Tactics :: More tips on how to convince idiots and kill dialog09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mahatma GandhiFirst they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. 08/12/08 :: Message :: Firefox fails to establish SSL connection with strange error06/23/04 :: Article :: Programming languages :: New languages seem to pop up all the time -- why?05/20/07 :: Quote :: Friedrich NietzscheThe most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments. 03/31/04 :: Article :: Dark future for the law? :: 01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Logic and Fallacies01/09/04 :: Quote :: George D. PrenticeMany a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.  03/02/04 :: Image :: First Law of Thermodynamics :: 02/14/05 :: Article :: Having a reason for laws :: Because I said so!11/04/04 :: Article :: A -> B -> C :: But wait..I only like B. I hate C!11/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Benefits and obligations that come naturally with marriage09/08/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellIf a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. 09/08/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Outsourcing to America09/04/03 :: Quote :: Lyndon JohnsonYou do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Omar Khayam, 13th century philosopherHe who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a leader. Follow him. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyMost human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Jean-Paul SartreWhen the rich make war it's the poor who die. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Albert EinsteinReality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Napoleon BonaparteHistory is a set of lies that people have agreed upon. 08/26/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Inside Ronald Reagan08/15/05 :: Quote :: R.S. Surtees (author)More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. 07/31/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonAn honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. 06/27/05 :: Article :: Copyright Cooperative :: Private-sector distributed media library with exclusive concurrent control of licensed copyrighted materials 06/13/07 :: Article :: The Internet Is Not Magic :: The internet works in non-mysterious ways.06/07/05 :: Article :: Scalia on Constitutional Interpretation :: The living Constitution be damned05/28/06 :: Quote :: George Bernard ShawCriminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men. 05/01/04 :: Article :: Relational databases :: What they are, and what they are not ...04/20/11 :: Article :: Experience Extravaganza! :: Information Technology (mostly Software) "Best Practices"04/13/05 :: Article :: Maximum nesting depth of windows/controls :: EWin32Error #8702/25/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThere is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. 02/12/04 :: Quote :: CS Lewis: "The Weight of Glory""To be ignorant and simple now--not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground--would be to throw down our weapons and betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered." 02/11/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Handy Latin Phrases01/30/05 :: Quote :: Chuang-tzuAll men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility. 01/29/09 :: Image :: Mixed row type display :: Showing rows that share only a few fields in one sortable list01/08/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: UK report upcoming on psychosis effects of cannabis (pot) |
