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Indiscriminate laziness

“A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.” ― Confucius

Posted on 2022/03/11 by Carl Robitaille

“A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.”

― Confucius
— philosophy for life (@philosophy_life) February 28, 2022

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi

Posted on 2022/03/11 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/PhilosophyDose_/status/1498244085647249411?s=20&t=JckpvnvC2OS8NgQxL97HDw

John Stuart Mill’s supervisor: “That first chapter is too long.”
Mill: “Very well…”

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

John Stuart Mill's supervisor: "That first chapter is too long."
Mill: "Very well…" pic.twitter.com/GAPXmxibLa
— Nikhil Venkatesh (@NikVenkatesh) February 8, 2022

Calculus of variations be like “you gotta kill these 5 people, which path should the trolley take to run over them in the smallest amount of time?”

Posted on 2022/02/15 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/micro_celebrity/status/1488003490983067648?s=20&t=OtHUZRF16nGVYgh6JPo4xQ

Do we send the goo?

Posted on 2020/11/21 by Carl Robitaille

Do we send the goo?

Superbe petit livre, écrit dans les années 1930. Toujours aussi pertinent: Érasme de Zweig

Posted on 2020/10/30 by Carl Robitaille

Superbe petit livre, écrit dans les années 1930. Toujours aussi pertinent #Érasme #Zweig
— Yves Boisvert (@YvesBoisvert) October 30, 2020

1952 interview with Russell, born in 1872, who talks about how his grandfather visited Napoleon on Elba in 1814

Posted on 2020/10/26 by Carl Robitaille

Here you are in 2020 watching a 1952 interview with Russell, born in 1872, who talks about how his grandfather visited Napoleon on Elba in 1814.

Puts human history in a different perspective. pic.twitter.com/A6VjLxfn5p
— Tamás Görbe (@TamasGorbe) May 11, 2020

Good Notation

Posted on 2020/10/26 by Carl Robitaille

"A good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which, at times, make it almost seem like a live teacher" – Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) pic.twitter.com/OICC24CHbR
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) October 26, 2020

At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here’s what I want to pass on

Posted on 2020/09/09 by Carl Robitaille

At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here’s what I want to pass on

And I am horribly limited

Posted on 2020/08/22 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/mathladyhazel/status/1296804905420763137?s=20