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“Everyone here would die for the sake of truth. Everyone here lies constantly for the tiniest chance of personal gain. This is what it means to be a scientist.”

Mean Lying Dies Chance Gains Scientist Sake Personal Gain

Author:Greg Egan

“Playing games with agreed upon rules helps children learn to live by rules, establish the delicate balance between competition andcooperation, between fair play and justice and exploitation and abuse of these for personal gain. It helps them learn to manage the warmth of winning and the hurt of losing; it helps them to believe that there will be another chance to win the next time.”

Source: School Power: Implications of an Intervention Project

“Why am I more cautious as I age instead of the other way around? I wonder if it's all tied in to failure. I tend to forget my gains and remember only the losses. The failures have piled up, wreaking havoc with my confidence until, as an adult, I've become afraid to take chances.”

Ifs Way Age Remember Chance Loss Forget Wonder Adults Gains Tied Take A Chance Cautious Havoc

Book:A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

Source: A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

“That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries.”

May Chance Gains Universal Lottery

Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations