Maxims

It is harder to believe in probability than it is to believe in a political party
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In a world of 6 billion people, 6000 people have an a million to one coincidence happen every single day.

That makes it hard to believe in randomness.

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I've got a bag full of surprises that would make Santa jealous.
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I'm an English teacher and an American person.    I have a leather belt that I made with a Leatherman.   The first time I talked to a therapist, he said "this is going to be fun."

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a typical human is not average
not in height
not in weight
not in hair
not in charm
not in anything

average is not typical
average is a black swan
average is a unicorn
average is a hooker with a heart of gold
average is an imaginary friend.

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You can either choose to find the beauty in life
or you can expect life
to convince you that it is beautiful

(And before I say what's next,
I need to admit something.
I am dumb.
I am gold medal dumb.
I am Guinness Book of World Records Dumb)


However...

Noone is dumb enough
to argue
that one of those choices
isn't a whole hell of a lot
better than the other.

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Mankind isn't created
and mankind isn't designed
and mankind hasn't randomly lucked into an evolutionary world
to have things that work forever

Mankind is not made up of those who have never suffered a disaster
or those who gave up
Mankind is made up of survivors.
Mankind is made up of rebuilders

But
Mankind would never have survived without the experimenters.
the kind of men who create disasters,
the lovable fuckups
who aren't afraid of anything
except giving up on their own ideas
even
if those ideas kill them

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