The philosophy at Valve and Gearbox is that if things can't be done better, they shouldn't be done at all.
My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.
Christina Hoff Sommers is a self-identified feminist and registered Democrat with a Ph.D. in philosophy and a wicked sense of humor.
Cremer's 'Nightshade' is a smart blend of romance, action, philosophy, and pagan witchcraft. And, yes, high-schoolers shape-shifting into wolves.
After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
Stars, everywhere. So many stars that I could not for the life me understand how the sky could contain them all yet be so black.
Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains β cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. The rush evoked by fractal imagery, the algorithms used for habitat selection, metastasize into art. Thrills that once had to be earned in increments of fitness can now be had from pointless introspection. Aesthetics rise unbidden from a trillion dopamine receptors, and the system moves beyond modeling the organism. It begins to model the very process of modeling. It consumes evermore computational resources, bogs itself down with endless recursion and irrelevant simulations. Like the parasitic DNA that accretes in every natural genome, it persists and proliferates and produces nothing but itself. Metaprocesses bloom like cancer, and awaken, and call themselves I.
Every concert pianist knows that the surest way to ruin a performance is to be aware of what the fingers are doing. Every dancer and acrobat knows enough to let the mind go, let the body run itself. Every driver of a manual vehicle arrives at destinations with no recollection of the stops and turns and roads traveled in getting there. You are all sleepwalkers, whether climbing creative peaks or slogging through some mundane routine for the thousandth time. You are all sleepwalkers.
What's the difference between being dead, and just not knowing you're alive?
I was always making plans and wanting new things to happen.
I don't hate you. I'm just not necessarily excited about your existence.
Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Whatβs the point in having a mind if you donβt use it to make judgments?β βWhatβs the point in having a heart if you donβt use it to spare others from the harsh judgments of your mind?
You could rattle the stars,β she whispered. βYou could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. Thatβs what scares you most.
She said, 'I'm afraid.' I said, 'Why?' And she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you to be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.'
Approach everyone in a silent mysterious manner so they cannot easily define you. People are more attracted to the mysterious than the obvious.
While people study several years after high school to become like everyone else, me meanwhile, since leaving high school, I devote all my time to leave my mark in this world.
Each thinking mind is a political mind.
A society without democracy is a society of slaves and fools.