Category: Quotes

  • The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

    Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong…

  • Fairy Tales

    Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Neil Gaiman, Coraline

  • Pawns of Some Scripted Fate

    We are not pawns of some scripted fate. It’s the invisible ties we forge that bind us. Robin, Fire Emblem: Awakening