To reach intelligent answers, you often need to ask really dumb questions.

People who are not skilled at mathematics tend to view the output of second-rate mathematicians with an high level of credulity, and attach almost mystical significance to their findings. Bad maths is the palmistry of the twenty-first century.

Not everything that makes sense works, and not everything that works makes sense.

It is an enormous mistake to assume that what the translator conveys is what the speaker intended, and it is equally foolish to assume that what you intended to say is what will be understood.

What is important is how you behave, not knowing why you do.

All too often, what matters is not whether an idea is true or effective, but whether it fits with the preconceptions of a dominant cabal.

Many pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.

The number of people who think they understand statistics dangerously dwarfs those who actually do, and maths can cause fundamental problems when badly used.

Our conscious mind tries hard to preserve the illusion that it deliberately chose every action you have ever taken; in reality, in many of these decisions it was a bystander at best, and much of the time it did not even notice the decision being made.

It is harder to like something when you haven’t chosen it.