#ata

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#cared #chicks #could #dixie #natalie

The basic idea in case-based, or CBR, is that the program has stored problems and solutions. Then, when a new problem comes up, the program tries to find a similar problem in its database by finding analogous aspects between the problems. ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#aspects #basic #basic idea #between #comes

It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal. ↗

— Stirling Moss

#fatal #muscles #necessary #relax #relaxing

The development of a rational view of the nature of catalysis was thus absolutely dependent on the creation of the concept of the rate of chemical reaction. ↗

— Wilhelm Ostwald

#catalysis #chemical #concept #creation #dependent

I am fashionably unimpressed with the material world. I am moved by the beauty of aspiration, and I hope that I can elevate myself to the standards I have imposed on others. ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #politics

Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own? ↗

— Brigham Young

#self-esteem #worry

The devil frequently fills our thoughts with great schemes, so that instead of putting our hands to what work we can do to serve our Lord, we may rest satisfied with wishing to perform impossibilities. ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#devil #satan #satisfaction #satisfaction

The plural of anecdote is not data. ↗

— Mark Sageman

#data #evidence #science #scientific-method #science

The Id and the Superego are more scientific ways of considering the Devil and God, or your personal angels and demons. Science has turned the relationship between God, the Devil and you into a viewpoint for all to understand without the framework of religious belief to sidetrack the layperson into another realm of thinking. ↗

— Stephen Biro

#hell #hellucination #satan #science

The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases. ↗

— Josiah Stamp

#science #statistics #science