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Read poetry: you will find wisdom, not science. Truth, not facts. Beauty, not data. Go to museums.

• tptacek 10y ago
  Which summons that quote from The Big Short: The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry.
  • pfortuny 10y ago
    Thanks for the comment. Haven't watched it, guess I ought to.
    • wglb 10y ago
      I would recommend the book first.
• kiba 10y ago
  Read poetry: you will find wisdom, not science. Truth, not facts. Beauty, not data. People writing nice-sounding words does not in fact necessarily constitutes wisdom.
  • erik14th 10y ago
    Poetry is a lot less about form than most people think. It's actually the opposite if you think about it, poetry is to write freely.
• rubber_duck 10y ago
  If you can't analyze your wisdom then it's not worth discussing, facts and data are objective - I don't perceive the the things you mentioned as smart but pretentious.
  • twwl 10y ago
    > facts and data are objective Sure -- it's just a pity neither you or me or anyone will ever come in contact with them. Everything we think/write/read is based on assumptions/axioms. You don't even have to "dig" to realize that, you just have to scratch the surface.
  • dang 10y ago
    Analyzing means breaking into parts. Not everything can be broken into parts.