The Black Swan

Homo sum, humani a me nil alienum puto—I am a man, and nothing human is foreign to me.

The mild case: arrogance in the presence of (some) competence, and the severe case: arrogance mixed with incompetence (the empty suit)

additional knowledge of the minutiae of daily business can be useless, even actually toxic

Guessing and Predicting

ON THE VAGUENESS OF CATHERINE’S LOVER COUNT

Distance from Primates

The Cosmetic Because

WHAT YOU SEE AND WHAT YOU DON’T SEE

A HEALTH CLUB FOR RATS

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