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the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Essay the Crack-Up, From Esquire 1936

Splicing Together Jean-Luc Godard

Every time you study, imagine the Grim Reaper is going to show up at the end of your session to quiz you on what you covered, and if there’s any question you can’t answer correctly, you die. Whatever study techniques you’d use in that situation, you better be using them already.

Advice on Upskilling

justinmath.com

On Mentors Inside Your Head [Marvin Minsky](https://breckyunits.com/walking-as-a-tool-of-thought.html/marvin-minsky.html) mentions how he has "copies" of some of his friends inside his head, like the great [Dick Feynman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman). Sometimes he would write an idea out and then "hear" Feynman say "What experiment would you do to test this?".

Walking and Other Invisible Tools of Thought

Dick Feynman

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