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Asymptotic Approaches

"We have a method, and that method helps us to reach not absolute truth, only asymptotic approaches to the truth — never there, just closer and closer, always finding vast new oceans of undiscovered possibilities." - Carl Sagan

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  • What is the Monkeysphere?

    A seriously fantastic (and hilarious) article about the limits of the human brain.

    One of several favorite paragraphs:

    First, train yourself to get suspicious every time you see simplicity. Any claim that the root of a problem is simple should be treated the same as a claim that the root of a problem is Bigfoot. Simplicity and Bigfoot are found in the real world with about the same frequency.

    Posted on January 7, 2010 with 1 note

    Source: cracked.com

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