Daniel Dennett - Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking (2013)

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An inert historical fact is any fact about a perfectly ordinary arrangement of matter in the world at some point in the past that is no longer discernible, a fact that has left no footprints at all in the world today.

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The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

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Sometimes you don't just want to risk making mistakes; you actually want to make them - if only to give you something clear and detailed to fix.

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Try to acquire the weird practice of savoring your mistakes, delighting in uncovering the strange quirks that led you astray. Then, when you have sucked out all the goodness to be gained from having made them, you can cheerfully forget them and go on to the next big opportunity.

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No matter how smart you are, you're smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.

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