For the closing days of summer, I am posting every chapter of the first edition of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. My enemies ravaged the first edition, inserting typos galore while I was distracted in the service of our people.
“One of the humbling aspects of writing about philosophical issues is that, no matter how much you believe you’ve stumbled upon a fresh insight, it is virtually certain that someone who died 2000 years ago has already thought of your idea.”
Contemplations on the Tree of Woe
"The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject." --
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 121--180 A.D. and Stoic philosopher
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." -- Winston Churchill
"I was planning to vote anarchist, but they don't seem to have any candidates." --
“One of the humbling aspects of writing about philosophical issues is that, no matter how much you believe you’ve stumbled upon a fresh insight, it is virtually certain that someone who died 2000 years ago has already thought of your idea.”
Contemplations on the Tree of Woe
"The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject." --
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 121--180 A.D. and Stoic philosopher
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." -- Winston Churchill
"I was planning to vote anarchist, but they don't seem to have any candidates." --
Michael Rivero
This post explains why "we cannot vote our way out of this mess," thank you. Very helpful to read the analysis around medians and means, and Galton.