Man invented mathematics in order to demonstrate that memory alone is inherently faulty.
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“The major philosophical problem with the block-Universe interpretation of four-dimensional spacetime is that it appears to be fatalism disguised as physics. It seems to be a mathematician’s proof of determinism and a denial of free will dressed up in geometry.”
– Paul J. Nahin, from Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction
Perspectives on Percentages
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
– Lou Holtz, American football coach“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”
– Woody Allen“Ninety percent of everything is crap.”
– Theodore Sturgeon, fiction writer“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
– Thomas Edison“Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.”
– Buckminster Fuller
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“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
– Steven Pinker, from My Genome, My Self