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Quote: Isaac Asimov

// September 3rd, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Quotations

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny…”

—Isaac Asimov

Quote: E. C. McKenzie

// May 6th, 2007 // Comments Off // Quotations

>It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

—E. C. McKenzie

Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson

// March 13th, 2007 // 2 Comments » // Quotations

>”Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote: Chuck Swindol

// February 15th, 2007 // 1 Comment » // Quotations

>The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It is will make or break a company..a church..a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our _Attitudes_.

— Chuck Swindol

Quote: Collective Stupidity

// January 23rd, 2007 // Comments Off // Quotations

Quoted from [Creating Passionate Users](http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cpu/~3/79458827/the_dumbness_of.html)
>Meanwhile, an individual best achieves optimal stupidity on those rare occasions when one is both given substantial powers and insulated from the results of his or her actions.

If the above criteria have any merit, then there is an unfortunate convergence. The setup for the most stupid collective is also the setup for the most stupid individuals.

Every authentic example of collective intelligence that I am aware of also shows how that collective was guided or inspired by well-meaning individuals. These people focused the collective and in some cases also corrected for some of the common hive mind failure modes.”
—[20Q Creator](http://www.20q.net/)

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