Tom White

“Honor thy error as a hidden intention.”

Specialization is for insects, as Heinlein said.

It’s no wonder that a favorite book of mine is titled: Investing: The Last Liberal Art. Though worth a read in full (and a good number of routine rereads at that), the below quote captures the book’s overarching thesis:[E]ach discipline entwines with, and in the process strengthens, every other. From each discipline, the thoughtful person draws... See more

For most of human history, losing a resource could mean death. So your brain evolved to feel losing something about twice as intensely as getting that same thing in the first place. Anyone who's played Monopoly knows this instinctively - no one likes to trade, even for a deal that clearly favours them.

Brain imaging shows why. Contemplating giving... See more

Ezra Pound, “Language” (1913):

Use no superfluous word, no adjective which does not reveal something.

Don’t use such an expression as “dim lands of peace.” It dulls the image. It mixes an abstraction with the concrete. It comes from the writer’s not realizing that the natural object is always the adequate symbol.

Go in fear of abstractions. Do not... See more

Now it is time to apply the scientific process with care and humility to rigorously and transparently investigate promising psychiatric hypotheses and treatment modalities. For families like mine, the promise is not certainty, but the possibility of meaningful relief for those suffering from debilitating mental disorders with metabolic therapies... See more

Is panpsychism the only ethical belief given a complete lack of verifiable information about consciousness?

We have art in order not to die of the truth.

—Nietzsche

“Now, there are cases in which deception as such is permitted, nay, is commanded. For example, if a criminal is following us, it is permissible for us to deceive him, in one way or the other, about our dwelling-place. It is commanded when we could severely harm another person either physically or morally by communicating the truth. In the latter... See more