Thirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.

First, philosophy concerns itself with all kinds of issues that don't get much airtime in day-to-day life. What's the nature of reality? Can we ever truly know anything, and if so, how? What does it mean to be a moral agent? And while we're at it, is there any such thing as agency anyway?

wrongness always seems to come at us from left field - that is, from outside ourselves. But the reality could hardly be more different. Error is the ultimate inside job. Yes, the world can be profoundly confusing; and yes, other people can mislead or deceive you. In the end, though, nobody but you can choose to believe your own beliefs.

If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong.

The inability to experience regret is one of the diagnostic characteristics of sociopaths.

If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy.

The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number.