#selfcorrection — Public Fediverse posts
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What if the greatest danger to a learning #system isn’t what it doesn’t know, but what it no longer knows how to question?
Perhaps #self-correction begins precisely where certainty becomes open to feedback again:
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What if #systems fail not because warning signals are absent, but because they lose the ability to respond to them?
And shouldn’t we then ask whether #self-correction can be measured before stability turns into rigidity?
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What if a complex #system still appears stable—even as it is already losing its capacity for #selfcorrection?
Can we detect that transition before its consequences become visible?
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#WindOfChange will come …
Perhaps societal #self-correction begins when we realise that #cooperation is not utopian …
it is an available system option we have not yet learned to use sufficiently.
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Komplex #Systems …
What if the decisive warning point is not collapse, but the earlier loss of a system’s capacity for #self-correction?
That is where #BenchEWS begins:
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🇺🇸 What if #systems signal their #tippingPoints long before collapse …
but we fail to read the warnings?
#BenchEWS explores mathematically when complex systems begin to lose their capacity for #self-correction.
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He who puts off the hour to begin living rightly
Is like the yokel who stands at the stream with a sigh:
“I can’t get across. I’ll wait here till it runs dry.”
Meanwhile, it flows, forever flows on and rolls by.
[Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,
rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis; at ille
labitur et labitur in omne volubilis aevum.]Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 “To Lollius,” l. 41ff (1.2.41-42) (20 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/79480/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #action #busyness #carpediem #circumstances #deferral #delay #now #opportunity #passingoftime #rectitude #reform #righttime #rightiousness #seizetheday #seizethemoment #selfcorrection #time #waiting
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He who puts off the hour to begin living rightly
Is like the yokel who stands at the stream with a sigh:
“I can’t get across. I’ll wait here till it runs dry.”
Meanwhile, it flows, forever flows on and rolls by.
[Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,
rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis; at ille
labitur et labitur in omne volubilis aevum.]Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 “To Lollius,” l. 41ff (1.2.41-42) (20 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/79480/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #action #busyness #carpediem #circumstances #deferral #delay #now #opportunity #passingoftime #rectitude #reform #righttime #rightiousness #seizetheday #seizethemoment #selfcorrection #time #waiting
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He who puts off the hour to begin living rightly
Is like the yokel who stands at the stream with a sigh:
“I can’t get across. I’ll wait here till it runs dry.”
Meanwhile, it flows, forever flows on and rolls by.
[Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam,
rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis; at ille
labitur et labitur in omne volubilis aevum.]Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 “To Lollius,” l. 41ff (1.2.41-42) (20 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/79480/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #action #busyness #carpediem #circumstances #deferral #delay #now #opportunity #passingoftime #rectitude #reform #righttime #rightiousness #seizetheday #seizethemoment #selfcorrection #time #waiting
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/733/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #firststep #honesty #rascal #reform #scoundrel #selfawareness #selfcorrection
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/733/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #firststep #honesty #rascal #reform #scoundrel #selfawareness #selfcorrection
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A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish essayist and historian
(Attributed)More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/733/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #firststep #honesty #rascal #reform #scoundrel #selfawareness #selfcorrection
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How can a complex #system recognize that it is losing its capacity for #self-correction …
before the tipping point becomes visible?
#BenchEWS makes hidden losses of stability mathematically testable:
benchews-research.kvsnjry89y.chatgpt.site
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When does a complex #system lose its capacity for #self-correction …
and can we detect that transition earlier?
#BenchEWS connects research, open software and explicit epistemic boundaries:
Studio 1.4.0 is available, with ECHO 2.0 forthcoming.
benchews-research.kvsnjry89y.chatgpt.site/software
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What if crises do not emerge because warning signals #EWS are missing …
but because systems lose their capacity for #self-correction?
ECHO turns early warning into testable system interrogation:
Where does feedback fail before the #system tips?
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Early warning signals #EWS observe #symptoms …
but what if the measurement system itself is part of the problem?
The #ECHOpaper moves #BenchEWS from warning to systematic interrogation: where, how, and why do complex systems lose their capacity for #self-correction?
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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What if the loss of #self-correction in complex #systems could be detected before failure becomes obvious?
#BenchEWS Studio 1.4 is the working entry point; 2.0 evolves it into the ECHO architecture, and 3.0 into a modular diagnostic system.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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What happens when complex #systems still produce warning signals #EWS but can no longer translate them into #self-correction?
#BenchEWS makes this critical difference measurable—a five-minute introduction to the research programme:
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What if complex #systems reveal not only that a #tippingpoint is approaching, but that they are already losing their capacity for #self-correction?
ECHO is designed not to proclaim, but to measure, test, and invite falsification: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Under what conditions do complex systems lose their capacity for #self-correction …
and how can we detect this before a disturbance becomes a critical transition ⚠️? The canonical #BenchEWS reference brings together its definition, boundaries, and research:
benchews-research.kvsnjry89y.chatgpt.site
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Should #science decide which ideology is right …
or test which system detects warning signals #EWS ⚠️ , limits harm, and corrects itself when faced with contrary evidence?
ECHO is not a political verdict, but a #MathematicalSonar for testable #SelfCorrection.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
From Early Warning Signals to ... -
Should #science decide which ideology is right …
or test which system detects warning signals #EWS ⚠️ , limits harm, and corrects itself when faced with contrary evidence?
ECHO is not a political verdict, but a #MathematicalSonar for testable #SelfCorrection.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
From Early Warning Signals to ... -
Should #science decide which ideology is right …
or test which system detects warning signals #EWS ⚠️ , limits harm, and corrects itself when faced with contrary evidence?
ECHO is not a political verdict, but a #MathematicalSonar for testable #SelfCorrection.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
From Early Warning Signals to ... -
Should #science decide which ideology is right …
or test which system detects warning signals #EWS ⚠️ , limits harm, and corrects itself when faced with contrary evidence?
ECHO is not a political verdict, but a #MathematicalSonar for testable #SelfCorrection.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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What if complex #systems fail not because they cannot detect warning signals #EWS ⚠️ …
but because we cannot measure their capacity for #self-correction in time?
#BenchEWS turns that capacity into the object of a metrological research architecture.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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The key question is not when complex #systems collapse, but when they lose their capacity for #self-correction.
#BenchEWS proposes a metrological reference architecture as a reproducible foundation for early warning signals #EWS.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Suppressing deviations in complex #systems does not remove the underlying cause …
it merely delays the release.
As #self-correction capacity (Φ) declines, apparent stability becomes an illusion and transitions tend to become abrupt.
#CRTI #EWS
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What happens when complex systems lose their capacity for #self-correction?
My new paper uses the #individual to demonstrate the potential of #BenchEWS and BenchEWS Studio for analyzing complex adaptive systems.
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Why do complex systems fail?
Perhaps because they gradually lose their capacity for #self-correction.
My new paper uses the #individual to demonstrate the analytical potential of the #BenchEWS approach for complex #systems.
📄 doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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If we want to understand complex #crises, we must measure before we interpret.
This entry paper to the #BenchEWS Research Programme introduces a metrological reference architecture for reproducible measurement of #self-correction capacity in complex systems.
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Systems rarely fail because they lack efficiency …
they fail because they lose their capacity for #SelfCorrection.
The more a system optimizes away risk, the fewer degrees of freedom remain for innovation.
That’s exactly where the #BenchEWS Research Program begins.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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What if the real challenge is not measuring early-warning signals #EWS, but measuring a system’s #capacity for #self-correction?
Perhaps the next generation of resilience #science starts with a shared metrological reference architecture.
📄 Entry paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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What if the real challenge is not measuring early-warning signals #EWS, but measuring a system’s #capacity for #self-correction?
Perhaps the next generation of resilience #science starts with a shared metrological reference architecture.
📄 Entry paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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What if the real challenge is not measuring early-warning signals #EWS, but measuring a system’s #capacity for #self-correction?
Perhaps the next generation of resilience #science starts with a shared metrological reference architecture.
📄 Entry paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
BenchEWS: A Metrological Refer... -
What if the real challenge is not measuring early-warning signals #EWS, but measuring a system’s #capacity for #self-correction?
Perhaps the next generation of resilience #science starts with a shared metrological reference architecture.
📄 Entry paper: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Does real stability come from resisting change…
or from the ability to self-correct through high-quality feedback?
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#BenchEWS #OpenScience #ComplexSystems #SelfCorrection
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How can we measure the #self-correction capacity of complex adaptive #systems when observations are themselves incomplete or distorted?
This Perspective proposes a metrological reference architecture to address that challenge.
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#OpenScience #Metrology #ComplexSystems
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Short-term advantage does not guarantee long-term stability.
#Evolution appears to favor #systems that preserve their capacity for #self-correction rather than those that merely maximize immediate gains.
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Perhaps #AI ’s real limit is not #intelligence, but #self-correction.
#Systems evolve sustainably only when they accept feedback and change their behaviour accordingly.
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Perhaps #AI ’s real limit is not #intelligence, but #self-correction.
#Systems evolve sustainably only when they accept feedback and change their behaviour accordingly.
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Perhaps #AI ’s real limit is not #intelligence, but #self-correction.
#Systems evolve sustainably only when they accept feedback and change their behaviour accordingly.
@[email protected]
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Perhaps #AI ’s real limit is not #intelligence, but #self-correction.
#Systems evolve sustainably only when they accept feedback and change their behaviour accordingly.
@[email protected]
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From #Odysseus to modern #politics, …
I keep seeing the same pattern: systems rarely fail because of their opponents …
they fail when they lose the capacity for #SelfCorrection.
My Open Science research programme explores this recurring principle:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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From #Odysseus to modern #politics, …
I keep seeing the same pattern: systems rarely fail because of their opponents …
they fail when they lose the capacity for #SelfCorrection.
My Open Science research programme explores this recurring principle:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
BenchEWS Research Programme: C... -
A quotation from Harry Commager
But if our democracy is to flourish it must have criticism, if our government is to function it must have dissent. Only totalitarian governments insist upon conformity and they — as we know — do so at their peril. Without criticism abuses will go unrebuked; without dissent our dynamic system will become static. The American people have a stake in the maintenance of the most thorough-going inquisition into American institutions. They have a stake in nonconformity, for they know that the American genius is nonconformist.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #harrycommager #Americans #criticism #democracy #dissent #feedback #government #nonconformity #selfcorrection #totalitarianism
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A quotation from Harry Commager
But if our democracy is to flourish it must have criticism, if our government is to function it must have dissent. Only totalitarian governments insist upon conformity and they — as we know — do so at their peril. Without criticism abuses will go unrebuked; without dissent our dynamic system will become static. The American people have a stake in the maintenance of the most thorough-going inquisition into American institutions. They have a stake in nonconformity, for they know that the American genius is nonconformist.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #harrycommager #Americans #criticism #democracy #dissent #feedback #government #nonconformity #selfcorrection #totalitarianism
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A quotation from Harry Commager
But if our democracy is to flourish it must have criticism, if our government is to function it must have dissent. Only totalitarian governments insist upon conformity and they — as we know — do so at their peril. Without criticism abuses will go unrebuked; without dissent our dynamic system will become static. The American people have a stake in the maintenance of the most thorough-going inquisition into American institutions. They have a stake in nonconformity, for they know that the American genius is nonconformist.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #harrycommager #Americans #criticism #democracy #dissent #feedback #government #nonconformity #selfcorrection #totalitarianism
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
It is the business of this life to make excuses for others, but none for ourselves. We should be clearly persuaded of our own misconduct, for that is the part of knowledge in which we are most apt to be defective.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 1.1 “Justice and Justification”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #criticism #excuses #forgiveness #selfawareness #selfblame #selfconsciousness #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdiscipline #selfdoubt #selfevaluation #selfimprovement #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfregard #blame #selfblame #accountability
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
It is the business of this life to make excuses for others, but none for ourselves. We should be clearly persuaded of our own misconduct, for that is the part of knowledge in which we are most apt to be defective.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 1.1 “Justice and Justification”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #criticism #excuses #forgiveness #selfawareness #selfblame #selfconsciousness #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdiscipline #selfdoubt #selfevaluation #selfimprovement #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfregard #blame #selfblame #accountability
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
Perhaps that’s what we all had to do — think out for ourselves what we could believe and how we could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Essay (1951-12), “This I Believe: Growth that Starts from Thinking,” on Edward R. Murrow, This I Believe, CBS RadioMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/82…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #belief #beliefsystem #besteffort #doyourbest #excellence #goodbehavior #meaningoflife #moralcode #personalcode #selfactualization #selfchallenging #selfcorrection #selfdevleopment #selfexamination #selfimprovement #selfquestioning #selfrespect
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
Perhaps that’s what we all had to do — think out for ourselves what we could believe and how we could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Essay (1951-12), “This I Believe: Growth that Starts from Thinking,” on Edward R. Murrow, This I Believe, CBS RadioMore about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/82…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #belief #beliefsystem #besteffort #doyourbest #excellence #goodbehavior #meaningoflife #moralcode #personalcode #selfactualization #selfchallenging #selfcorrection #selfdevleopment #selfexamination #selfimprovement #selfquestioning #selfrespect
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We try to make virtues of the faults we do not wish to correct.
[Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶442 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #boasting #correction #failings #faults #fixing #merit #promotion #rebranding #selfcorrection #selfimprovement #vices #virtue #weaknesses
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We try to make virtues of the faults we do not wish to correct.
[Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶442 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #boasting #correction #failings #faults #fixing #merit #promotion #rebranding #selfcorrection #selfimprovement #vices #virtue #weaknesses
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A quotation from Henry Commager
The point is that when a nation silences criticism and dissent, it deprives itself of the power to correct its errors. The process of silencing need not be as savage as in Nazi Germany or in South Africa today; it is enough that an atmosphere be created where men prefer silence to protest. As has been observed of book-burning, it is not necessary to burn books, it is enough to discourage men from writing them.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #selfcorrection #censorship #criticism #dissent #error #oppression #protest #selfcensorship #silencing
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A quotation from Henry Commager
The point is that when a nation silences criticism and dissent, it deprives itself of the power to correct its errors. The process of silencing need not be as savage as in Nazi Germany or in South Africa today; it is enough that an atmosphere be created where men prefer silence to protest. As has been observed of book-burning, it is not necessary to burn books, it is enough to discourage men from writing them.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #selfcorrection #censorship #criticism #dissent #error #oppression #protest #selfcensorship #silencing
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A quotation from Henry Commager
The point is that when a nation silences criticism and dissent, it deprives itself of the power to correct its errors. The process of silencing need not be as savage as in Nazi Germany or in South Africa today; it is enough that an atmosphere be created where men prefer silence to protest. As has been observed of book-burning, it is not necessary to burn books, it is enough to discourage men from writing them.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday ReviewMore about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #selfcorrection #censorship #criticism #dissent #error #oppression #protest #selfcensorship #silencing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Even the acquisition of knowledge is often much facilitated by the advantages of society: he that never compares his notions with those of others, readily acquiesces in his first thoughts, and very seldom discovers the objections which may be raised against his opinions; he, therefore, often thinks himself in possession of truth, when he is only fondling an errour long since exploded. He that has neither companions nor rivals in his studies, will always applaud his own progress, and think highly of his performances, because he knows not that others have equalled or excelled him. And I am afraid it may be added, that the student who withdraws himself from the world, will soon feel that ardour extinguished which praise or emulation had enkindled, and take the advantage of secrecy to sleep, rather than to labour.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1754-01-19), The Adventurer, No. 126More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/81496…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #study #studygroup #argument #collaboration #company #debate #education #error #interaction #isolation #learning #motivation #realitycheck #selfcongratulations #selfcontrol #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdelusion #selfeducation #selfmotivation #selfpolicing #selfpraising #selfrationalization #selfrighteousness #selfsufficiency #society #solitude #truth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Even the acquisition of knowledge is often much facilitated by the advantages of society: he that never compares his notions with those of others, readily acquiesces in his first thoughts, and very seldom discovers the objections which may be raised against his opinions; he, therefore, often thinks himself in possession of truth, when he is only fondling an errour long since exploded. He that has neither companions nor rivals in his studies, will always applaud his own progress, and think highly of his performances, because he knows not that others have equalled or excelled him. And I am afraid it may be added, that the student who withdraws himself from the world, will soon feel that ardour extinguished which praise or emulation had enkindled, and take the advantage of secrecy to sleep, rather than to labour.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1754-01-19), The Adventurer, No. 126More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/81496…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #study #studygroup #argument #collaboration #company #debate #education #error #interaction #isolation #learning #motivation #realitycheck #selfcongratulations #selfcontrol #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdeception #selfdelusion #selfeducation #selfmotivation #selfpolicing #selfpraising #selfrationalization #selfrighteousness #selfsufficiency #society #solitude #truth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Even the acquisition of knowledge is often much facilitated by the advantages of society: he that never compares his notions with those of others, readily acquiesces in his first thoughts, and very seldom discovers the objections which may be raised against his opinions; he, therefore, often thinks himself in possession of truth, when he is only fondling an errour long since exploded. He that has neither companions nor rivals in his studies, will always applaud his own progress, and think highly of his performances, because he knows not that others have equalled or excelled him. And I am afraid it may be added, that the student who withdraws himself from the world, will soon feel that ardour extinguished which praise or emulation had enkindled, and take the advantage of secrecy to sleep, rather than to labour.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1754-01-19), The Adventurer, No. 126More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/81496…
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All men make mistakes; but it is fools who persist in them.
[Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 12, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (12.2/12.5) (43-03 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2012)]More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
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