I think that sanitized violence is much worse than accurate violence. It trivializes a horrible event and for less sophisticated viewers gives the impression that somehow violence is much less serious than it is. I want to see video games and movies have injuries more like that of Mr. Orange from Reservoir Dogs: someone gets shot and bleeds like a stuck pig and is scared out of their mind, screaming with pain. People who would find this unwatchable should try avoiding content with violence in it. Someone getting mortally injured should be disturbing!
There is no room for what we wish to be true in science; that belongs in engineering.
Science is essentially reverse engineering nature; ultimately there is only one correct answer. In engineering, there are theoretically (if not practically) unlimited ways to approach the same problem. This is the biggest reason I am drawn to engineering over science, important as it may be.
Some believe that engineering is the intersection of art and science. I agree: it destroys one by turning it into the other.
Markets are a means, not an end.
The aim of the American Dream is the freedom to be fat, dumb, and happy. In practice, we've got two out of three.
Science finds the needle of truth in the haystack of delusion.
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