“A spurious democracy has influenced both our research methods (I am sometimes tempted to define "validity" as part of the context of an experiment demanding so little in the way of esoteric gift that any number can play at it, provided they have taken a certain number of courses) and our research subjects (it would be deemed snobbish to investigate only the best people).” PeopleWayLittlesSometimesPlayWould BeCertainCoursesNumbersDemocracyTakenSubjectsResearchMethodExperimentsTemptedValidityDemocracies HaveEsotericSnobbish Book:Selected essays from Individualism reconsidered Source: Selected essays from Individualism reconsidered
“Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think that's the great challenge. You have people who believe they do know how to think about the information, but don't, and they're in the position of power and legislation. You can't base a society on non-objectively verifiable truth. Otherwise, it's a fantasy land and science is the pathway to those emerging truths that are hard-earned and that some have taken decades, if not centuries, to emerge from experiments all around the world.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldBelieveHardChallengesFantasyKnow HowTakenLandCenturyFrontsInformationPositionDecadesExperimentsAround The WorldLegislationEmergingPathwaysPosition Of Power Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Avant garde" has become a ubiquitous label, eclectically applied to any type of art that is anti-traditional in form. At its simplest, the term is sometimes taken to describe what is new at any given time: the leading edge of artistic experiment, which is continually outdated by the next step forward.” ArtSometimesFormNextGivenTermStepsTakenTypeEdgesExperimentsTraditionalArtisticLabelsSimplestNext StepsSteps ForwardAvant GardeOutdated Book:Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992 Source: Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992
“I'd love to take a stab at writing videogames. There are a lot of storytelling opportunities that really aren't being taken advantage of in that field. I'd like to experiment with telling a truly non-linear story.” WritingStoriesOpportunityTakenFieldsAdvantageExperimentsStorytellingLinearVideogameTaken Advantage Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“All life is an experiment. Every important decision is taken with inadequate knowledge by imperfect men and women whom the future will confound. Yet we act nevertheless.” MenImportantLife IsDecisionTakenMen And WomenExperimentsImperfectNeverthelessInadequatePerfect ManImportant DecisionsImperfect Man Author:Philip Bobbitt