Words of Wisdom — December 10, 2013

The Man Who Would Be King

“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.” ― Rudyard Kipling (born on this date in 1865)

“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.”
― Rudyard Kipling (born on this date in 1865)

Plants at room temperature show properties we had only seen near absolute zero.

Would you confess your crimes to a skeleton with “an unnatural ghastly glow”? One inventor thought you would.

It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.

A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.

“Groupthink” gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.

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“I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and others have gathered the fruits.”- Charles Goodyear (born on this date in 1800)