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

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

The cure seems to be worse than the disease.

By nature it learns from nurture.

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

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.

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.

Latest blog post: My experience of a temporary scotoma (blind spot) nikhil.superfacts.org/archives/2020/…

Good is the enemy of better.

Our hands precede our minds.

Different brains play different games.

It is easier to underestimate people...

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

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

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

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

I accept bubbles.

A grudgingly acknowledged stowaway.... sigh.

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

A good skeptic is skeptical of his own skepticism.