scottallen.com » quotes http://www.scottallen.com Multi pertransibunt, et augebitur scientia. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:22:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Quotes from How We Decide http://www.scottallen.com/2010/04/quotes-from-how-we-decide/ http://www.scottallen.com/2010/04/quotes-from-how-we-decide/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:04:06 +0000 Scott http://www.scottallen.com/?p=148 “The cacophony of reality is distilled into models of correlation that allow the brain to anticipate what will happen next.” page 37
“Nothing focuses the the mind like surprise.” page 38
How we Decide by Jonah Lehrer
]]> http://www.scottallen.com/2010/04/quotes-from-how-we-decide/feed/ 0 The wisdom of Strunk & White http://www.scottallen.com/2007/10/the-wisdom-of-strunk-white/ http://www.scottallen.com/2007/10/the-wisdom-of-strunk-white/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:25:37 +0000 admin http://www.scottallen.com/?p=20 If you’ve never taken a couple of hours to sit down and read the book The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, you’re missing a real gem. It’s a great resource for anyone who needs to communicate with anybody else. Basically, every person should read this. There is statement made in the book that summarizes it all up for me:

“Think of the tragedies that are rooted in ambiguity.”

amen!

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Tim Blanning – The Pursuit of Glory

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