"The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea."

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Source : Ian Hacking (2001). “An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic Desk Examination Edition”, p.94, Cambridge University Press

Ian Hacking

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“If you knew that only a few would care that you came, would you still come? If you knew that those you loved would laugh in your face, would you still care? If you knew that the tongues you made would mock you, the mouths you made would spit at you, the hands you made would crucify you, would you still make them? Christ did.”
“Just follow that one road the whole time!... I hope they don't get lost, I'm so bad at giving directions..”
“Clandestine attempts between late 1999 and 2002 to obtain from North Korea technology related to 1,300km range ballistic missiles, probably the No Dong 300km range anti-ship cruise missiles and other prohibited military equipment.”
“In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.”
“Surgery is not my job. I have been the first artist to use aesthetic surgery in another context - not to appear younger or better according to the designated pattern. I wanted to disrupt the standarts of beauty.”
“A cartoon character isn't a specific person. It isn't Tom Cruise or George Clooney playing the part, it's a character that could be you. It's easier for you to get drawn into it in a special way.”
“The thought in my mind was that I must be a good merchant. If I were a good merchant, the rest would probably take care of itself.”
“Punishments and rewards are two sides of the same coin and that coin doesn't buy you much.”

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