Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not interesting enough for me to look it up independently, for my own curiosity or purposes, and I have not done so before, then I should not be writing about it at all, period. It does not mean that libraries (physical and virtual) are not acceptable; it means that they should not be the source of any idea.

A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see

Probability is not about the odds, but about the belief in the existence of an alternative outcome, cause, or motive.

The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free

I want to live happily in a world I don’t understand.

When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.

If you want to annoy a poet, explain his poetry.