January 2009
6 posts
Nassim Taleb's life tips. →
1 Scepticism is effortful and costly. It is better to be sceptical about matters of large consequences, and be imperfect, foolish and human in the small and the aesthetic.
2 Go to parties. You can’t even start to know what you may find on the envelope of serendipity. If you suffer from agoraphobia, send colleagues.
3 It’s not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If...
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“I’ve refused to randomly delete relationships on identi.ca, despite user...”
– Evan Prodromou, creator of identi.ca, on Twitter’s relationship issues. (via itafroma)
“Indeed when a mathematician becomes stuck and is not clear about what to do next...”
– F. David Peat (via reversecowgirl)
Mathematical Minds - Eide Neurolearning Blog →
“Most mathematicians did not just take up math as a “job”…(most) get more pleasure out of mathematics than almost any other activity. And they often discovered this pleasure when they were young…”