Finding Beauty in the Dissonance

My "mini-blog" for quickly tossing up things of interest.

 

 

cjohnson.info
Thu May 2
“ Only the mediocre are supremely confident of their ability. Michael Atiyah in the Advice to a Young Mathematician section of the Princeton Companion to Mathematics.
Wed Aug 8
Sun Mar 25

I can’t make embed this and have it start where I want, so I’ll just say: Check out Matt Cutts’ talk, starting right at 30 minutes into the video, about challenging yourself thirty days at a time.

Sat Mar 17
Sun Mar 11
“ Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. Charles Reade
Sat Feb 25
Fri Feb 24
“ Mathematics is a process of staring hard enough with enough perseverance at the fog of muddle and confusion to eventually break through to improved clarity. Bill Thurston
Sat Dec 3
“ If you think that science is certain—well that’s just an error on your part. Richard Feynman
Absolute Certainty Is Not Scientific
Sat Nov 26
Good and Bad Procrastination