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Applying abstract math to concrete physics comes much more naturally than generalizing from concrete physics to abstract math.
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― World Order
― World Order
“Hence arises the belief that traditional culture, which is always based on particular connections, identities, and meanings, is intrinsically oppressive; that “essentialism,” the belief that things have a particular nature and significance, is ignorance and bigotry; and that “discrimination”, treating one connection as more fitting than another for any non-technological reason, is irrational and wrong.”
― Against Inclusiveness: How the Diversity Regime is Flattening America and the West and What to Do About It
― Against Inclusiveness: How the Diversity Regime is Flattening America and the West and What to Do About It
“Above all else, above the mechanics, even, a doctor should be thoroughly grounded in morality.”
― In the Shadow of the Mountains
― In the Shadow of the Mountains
“A basic conflict is thus arising over Europe between the interests of Atlantic sea-power, which demand the preservation of vigorous and independent political life on the European peninsula, and the interests of the jealous Eurasian land power, which must always seek to extend itself to the west and will never find a place, short of the Atlantic Ocean, where it can from its own standpoint safely stop.”
― World Order
― World Order
“Identifying niches and filling them is the bread and butter of the regular interplay between markets and entrepreneurs.”
― Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
― Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
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