Never yet has someone humiliated by a stranger conceded being in the wrong and begun a life of reform
if you torture the data enough, nature will always confess
professionals tend to be what might be called “book review” critical, which is intellectually and politically safe
Demonstrating how something can be done better is the best constructive criticism
F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was a Fitzgerald, a Scott, and a spook
His [Colin Clark’s] mistake was one I often see with conservative intellectuals, namely the attempt to apply abstract reasoning to social questions that can only be understood on the basis of the direct practical experience
A glut of students trained in the basics of computer science, without the ability or ambition to expand the current state of technology
In spite of his quaint Tory prejudices Dr. Johnson is one of the few persons in recent times that one may term wise without serious qualification
it is a source of wonder to me how many people’s beliefs just happen to match the demands of institutional power
In Wahrheit ist es … eine typische und besonders intensive Art und Weise, Politik zu treiben, daß man den Gegner als politisch, sich selbst als unpolitisch hinstellt