If someone were to propose that the planets go around the sun because all planet matter has a kind of tendency for movement, a kind of motility, let us call it an ‘oomph,’ this theory...

Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny — and also in a willingness to revise or abandon your theories when...

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

The test of real and vigorous thinking, the thinking which ascertains truths instead of dreaming dreams, is successful application to practice.