The Intelligent Altruists, Though Less Altruistic Than

Mathematics Is A Language. We Want Scientists To Be Able To Read It, Speak It, And Write It. But We Are Are Not Training Them To Be Grammarians.

Most Of What We Do To Get People Ready To Act In Situations Of Encounter Consists Of Drilling These Lists Into Them Sufficiently Deeply So That They Will Be Evoked Quickly At The Time Of The Decision.

Solving A Problem Simply Means Representing It So As To Make The Solution Transparent.

All Correct Reasoning Is A Grand System Of Tautologies, But Only God Can Make Direct Use Of That Fact

Engineers Are Not The Only Professional Designers. Everyone Designs Who Devises Courses Of Action Aimed At Changing Existing Situations Into Preferred Ones. The Intellectual Activity That Produces Material Artefacts Is No Different Fundamentally From The One That Prescribes Remedies For A Sick Patient Or The One That Devises A New Sales Plan For A Company Or A Social Welfare Policy For A State.