A good skeptic is skeptical of his own skepticism.

If you're numb to being numb, are you still numb?

A grudgingly acknowledged stowaway.... sigh.

I accept bubbles.

I thought I was an atheist, until I realized I was a God. - Watsky

The best thing you can do, is to not do anything.

Which is better? 1) Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. 2) Doing the wrong thing for the right reasons.

You think like a computer and my brain turns like a kaleidoscope. Your heart is an engine and mine is just sputtering blowing smoke. - The Satellite Station, Satellites

It is easier to underestimate people...

Different brains play different games.

Our hands precede our minds.

Good is the enemy of better.

Latest blog post: My experience of a temporary scotoma (blind spot) nikhil.superfacts.org/archiv…

Who hasn't imagined an invisibility cloak? But what I want is an inverse invisibility cloak. Instead of hiding myself, I want to not see certain classes of things that are in front of me. Such as brand logos. Make those invisible to me. This coudl also work with sounds.

The truth is that the Truth is not as important as I thought it was. Flourishing is what matters more, with as much Truth as is needed, but no more. Flourishing is not a linear function of Truth, but rather an inverted-U shaped curve.

"But who would want a perfect life? With nothing wrong, but nothing right? With nothing right?" - Selfish Things

By nature it learns from nurture.

The cure seems to be worse than the disease.

explicitificate = to make explicit (yikes) explicitification = the process of making explicit (yikes again)

Raise the root and spare the tree Cut you out of my memory Leave my world just black and white Snatch the sun out of the sky For the only color in my life Is the memory of you and I. - Bear's Den, Berlin