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0 pointsauggierose12y ago0 comments

That implies you have not read 1984. You should.

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Oh, I have. It's just far too long ago, and I had the misfortune of reading a translation. A bad one, at that.

So I couldn't place the quote. I just knew it from different context.

Much the same way it took me years to find a quote that my gradeschool math teacher used and which had lodged itself firmly in my brain. Namely: "To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous." - Confucius

auggieroseOP12y ago

I like the Confucius quote. There IS a certain danger in taking shortcuts in your thinking. It's probably best to use shortcuts anyway when in discovery mode, but then to check those shortcuts rigorously.

raintrees12y ago

Ha! Almost like "Trust, but verify" :)

gbog12y ago

Kudos for this accurate and relevant Confucius quote, it is rare nowadays.

In fact, reading this guy's Analects, you'd find a mine of secular wisdom aphorism that sound obvious but are all the more urgent to remember by the times running.

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