Lose your wallet full of credit cards and you will have a chance to have a great day. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Figured out why 99% of academics have to be misfit, 3rd rate intellectually, by construction. You observe, say in probabilistic matters, yuuge inconsistencies. When you point it out to them, they require a "reference". OK: write the fucking "reference".

It certainly takes bravery to remain skeptical; it takes inordinate courage to introspect, to confront oneself, to accept one's limitations — Scientists are seeing more and more evidence that we are specifically designed by mother nature to fool ourselves.

Never show a risk number, even if it is right.