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He discovered that self-control is not genetic or fixed, but rather a skill one can develop and improve with practice.
Manage Your Day-to-Day
Jocelyn K. Glei, 99U
At its root all language has the character of metaphor, because no matter what it intends to be about it remains language, and remains absolutely unlike whatever it is about. This means that we can never have the falcon, only the word “falcon.” To say that we have the falcon, and not the “falcon,” is to presume again that we know precisely what it is we have, that we can see it in its entirety, and that we can speak as nature itself. The unspeakability of nature is the very possibility of language.
Finite and Infinite Games
James Carse
Can someone help me track down the source of this quote attributed to douglas adams? I can't recall reading it and can't find the source:
"See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that."
Tweets From Venkatesh Rao
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