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In Logic, for instance, we now recognize not only "meaningless" propositions but also "Strange Loops" (systems containing concealed self-contradiction), both of which can infest any logical system, like a virus invading a computer but these logical "bugs" have often lingered for centuries before being discovered.
Quantum Psychology
Robert Anton Wilson
In any accident, the most lacerated, damaged parts of a victim’s body are the hands. This is because the flinch is your personal goalie. It protects you from a bear, a bully, or a baseball. Anytime it’s needed, the flinch surfaces, using your hands to protect essential body parts from damage. Car crashes. Bike accidents. Explosions.
Humans share knowledge. We trade ideas and exchange information. In The Rational Optimist, Ridley likens this process to sex, and his comparison is more than just florid metaphor. Sex is an exchange of genetic information, a cross-pollination that makes biological evolution cumulative. Ideas too follow this trajectory. They meet and mate and mutate. We call this process learning, science, invention—but whatever the term, it’s exactly what Isaac Newton meant when he wrote: “If I have seen further, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Abundance
Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
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