“Even the standard example of ancient nonsense - the debate about angels on pinheads - makes sense once you realize that theologians were not discussing whether five or eighteen would fit, but whether a pin could house a finite or an infinite number.” HouseRealizingNumbersFiveExampleFitStandardsAngelInfiniteAncientDebateMake SenseNonsenseFiniteTheologianPinsEighteenDiscussing Book:The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History Source: The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
“History, in the end, is only another kind of story, and stories are different from the truth. The truth is messy and chaotic and all over the place. Often it just doesn’t make sense. Stories make things make sense, but the way they do that is to leave out anything that doesn’t fit. And often that is quite a lot.” WayKindDifferentEndsStoriesFitTruth IsMake SenseMessyChaotic Author:Paul Murray
“I'm a reasonable kind of guy. If I hear something that seems to make sense, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If the alternative explanation has to be pounded into shape before it fits the mould of our experience, it seems to me that it's unlikely to be true.” IfsGivingKindSeemsGuyDoubtWillingFitShapesBenefitsBeing TrueAlternativesMake SenseExplanationReasonableUnlikelyMouldBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Frank Schatzing
“Facebook is inherently viral. There are lots of sites that include a contact importer, and for lots of them it doesn't really make sense. For Facebook it fits so well. It wasn't until a few years in that we started building some tools that made it easier to import friends to the site. That was a huge thing that spiked growth.” YearsWellsMadeGrowthBuildingHugeFitEasierToolsContactMade ItMake SenseSiteImportsViral Author:Mark Zuckerberg