Nothing is more fatal for an intellectual than complicity in his own
censorship. -- Victor Davis Hanson
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Fortune Quote #2829
There is no teacher but the enemy. Only the enemy shows you where you are
weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. -- Mazer
Rackham (Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card)
weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. -- Mazer
Rackham (Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Fortune Quote #2828
Religious experience is absolute; it cannot be disputed. You can only say
that you have never had such an experience, whereupon your opponent will
reply: "Sorry, I have." And there your discussion will come to an
end. -- Carl Gustav Jung
that you have never had such an experience, whereupon your opponent will
reply: "Sorry, I have." And there your discussion will come to an
end. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Monday, April 27, 2020
Fortune Quote #2827
That psychological fact which wields the greatest power in your system
functions as a god, since it is always the overwhelming psychic factor that
is called "God." -- Carl Gustav Jung
functions as a god, since it is always the overwhelming psychic factor that
is called "God." -- Carl Gustav Jung
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Fortune Quote #2826
Even if a neurosis had no cause at all other than imagination, it would,
none the less, be a very real thing. If a man imagined that I was his
arch-enemy and killed me, I should be dead on account of mere
imagination. -- Carl Gustav Jung
none the less, be a very real thing. If a man imagined that I was his
arch-enemy and killed me, I should be dead on account of mere
imagination. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Fortune Quote #2825
I even believe that psychic disturbances are far more dangerous than
epidemics or earthquakes. Not even the medieval epidemics of bubonic
plague or smallpox killed as many people as certain differences of opinion
in 1914 or certain political "ideals" in Russia. -- Carl Gustav Jung
epidemics or earthquakes. Not even the medieval epidemics of bubonic
plague or smallpox killed as many people as certain differences of opinion
in 1914 or certain political "ideals" in Russia. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Friday, April 24, 2020
Fortune Quote #2824
It is an almost absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be
physical. As a matter of fact, the only form of existence of which we have
immediate knowledge is psychic. -- Carl Gustav Jung
physical. As a matter of fact, the only form of existence of which we have
immediate knowledge is psychic. -- Carl Gustav Jung
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Fortune Quote #2823
You know how when you're sitting in a chair, you start pushing against the
floor and tipping the chair backward on its rear legs? And you keep
pushing until, if you tipped the chair back just another fraction of an
inch, you'd fall over? I feel that way all the time. -- Steven
Wright
floor and tipping the chair backward on its rear legs? And you keep
pushing until, if you tipped the chair back just another fraction of an
inch, you'd fall over? I feel that way all the time. -- Steven
Wright
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Fortune Quote #2822
The universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we
can suppose. -- J.B.S. Haldane
can suppose. -- J.B.S. Haldane
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Fortune Quote #2821
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than the game of
golf. -- Will Rogers, 1924
golf. -- Will Rogers, 1924
Monday, April 20, 2020
Fortune Quote #2820
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the federal income
tax. -- Albert Einstein
tax. -- Albert Einstein
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Saturday, April 18, 2020
Fortune Quote #2818
The statistician who supposes that his main contribution to the planning
of an experiment will involve statistical theory, finds repeatedly that he
makes his most valuable contribution simply by persuading the investigator
to explain why he wishes to do the experiment, by persuading him to justify
the experimental treatments, and to explain why it is that the experiment,
when completed, will assist him in his research. -- Gertrude M. Cox
of an experiment will involve statistical theory, finds repeatedly that he
makes his most valuable contribution simply by persuading the investigator
to explain why he wishes to do the experiment, by persuading him to justify
the experimental treatments, and to explain why it is that the experiment,
when completed, will assist him in his research. -- Gertrude M. Cox
Friday, April 17, 2020
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Fortune Quote #2816
It is a statistikal fakt, that the wicked work harder tew reach Hell, than
the righteous do tew git to heaven. -- Josh Billings (1870)
the righteous do tew git to heaven. -- Josh Billings (1870)
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Fortune Quote #2815
We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices,
so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our
objectivity. -- Paul Eldridge
so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our
objectivity. -- Paul Eldridge
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Fortune Quote #2814
We may make our own opinions, but facts were made for us; and, if we evade
or deny them, it will be the worse for us. -- James Anthony Froude
or deny them, it will be the worse for us. -- James Anthony Froude
Monday, April 13, 2020
Fortune Quote #2813
The more facts one has, the better the judgement one can make, but one
must never forget the corollary that the more facts one has, the easier it
is to put them together wrong. -- Sir Geoffrey Heyworth
must never forget the corollary that the more facts one has, the easier it
is to put them together wrong. -- Sir Geoffrey Heyworth
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Fortune Quote #2812
The method of how psychologists as scientists dispose of facts is of
special interest. One of the most common is to give the facts a new name.
In this way they are given a special compartment and therefore cease to
infringe on the privacy of the theory. -- N.R.F. Maier
special interest. One of the most common is to give the facts a new name.
In this way they are given a special compartment and therefore cease to
infringe on the privacy of the theory. -- N.R.F. Maier
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Fortune Quote #2811
Nothing is more interesting to the true theorist than a fact which
directly contradicts a theory generally accepted up to that time, for this
is his particular work. -- Max Planck
directly contradicts a theory generally accepted up to that time, for this
is his particular work. -- Max Planck
Friday, April 10, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Fortune Quote #2809
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is
easier to ignore the facts than change the preconceptions. --
Jessamyn West
easier to ignore the facts than change the preconceptions. --
Jessamyn West
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Fortune Quote #2807
Each of us has been doing statistics all his life, in the sense that each
of us has been busily reaching conclusions based on empirical observations
ever since birth. -- William Kruskal
of us has been busily reaching conclusions based on empirical observations
ever since birth. -- William Kruskal
Monday, April 6, 2020
Fortune Quote #2806
That was why statistics had to be invented--because people were so
unstable and irrational, taken one at a time. -- Raymond F. Jones
unstable and irrational, taken one at a time. -- Raymond F. Jones
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Fortune Quote #2805
A well-wrapped statistic is better than Hitler's "big lie"; it misleads,
yet it cannot be pinned on you. -- Darrell Huff, "How to Lie with
Statistics"
yet it cannot be pinned on you. -- Darrell Huff, "How to Lie with
Statistics"
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Fortune Quote #2804
Statistics can be used to support anything--especially
statisticians. -- Franklin P. Jones
statisticians. -- Franklin P. Jones
Friday, April 3, 2020
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Fortune Quote #2802
Approximately half the articles published in medical journals that use
statistical methods use them incorrectly. -- S. A. Glantz
statistical methods use them incorrectly. -- S. A. Glantz
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Fortune Quote #2801
"Everybody's taken samples. When you taste a bowl of soup, you take a
sample, but if you don't stir it up, it won't be a representative sample,
and if you're the chef, this could yield undesirable results."
sample, but if you don't stir it up, it won't be a representative sample,
and if you're the chef, this could yield undesirable results."
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