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Now that physics is proving the intelligence of the universe what are we to do about the stupidity of mankind? I include myself. I know that the earth is not flat but my feet are. I know that space is curved but my brain has been condoned by habit to grow in a straight line. What I call light is my own blend of darkness. What I call a view is my hand-painted trompe-l'oeil. I run after knowledge like a ferret down a ferret hole. My limitations, I call the boundaries of what can be known. I interpret the world by confusing other people's psychology with my own. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#truth #intelligence

And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#intelligence #stupidity #truth #intelligence

They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns) ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#intelligence #iq #truths #wisdom #intelligence

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#modern-values #priorities #truths #values #wealth-and-virtues

The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe. ↗

— Karl Pearson

#apparently #carried #dealing #description #endless

Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence; intelligence is greater than philosobabble. ↗

— Criss Jami

#articulation #babble #babbling #cleverness #comprehension

The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#iq #nerd #nerdery #nerds #truths

Every woman is well aware of the deadly ingredients of her soul which is why they all detest each other. ↗

— Ram Mohan

#anguish #animosity #detest #female #girls

Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day. ↗

— Patrick Ness

#humor #leadership #truth #humor

The truth about life and lie about life is not measured by others but by your intuition, which never lies. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#lies #life #love #measure #truth