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Organisms whose cells have a nucleus are called eucaryotes (from the Greek words eu, meaning “well” or “truly,” and karyon, a “kernel” or “nucleus”). Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called procaryotes (from pro, meaning “before”). The terms “bacterium” and “procaryote” are often used interchangeably, although we shall see that the category of procaryotes also includes another class of cells, the archaea (singular archaeon), which are so remotely related to bacteria that they are given a separate name.
Essential Cell Biology
Bruce Alberts; Dennis Bray; Karen Hopkin; Alexander Johnson; Julian Lewis; Martin Raff; Keith Robert...
I ask the fundamental question of rationality: why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know and how do you think you know it?
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
But since for most of the world’s history the main route to wealth was to steal it, we tend to be suspicious of rich people.
Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age
Paul Graham
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