The Certainty Bias

Only in the absence of certainty can we have open-mindedness, mental flexibility and willingness to contemplate alternative ideas.

---Robert Burton

Random Thoughts (4)

Having a religion is like having a life jacket in the swimming pool. Whether it is a good or bad thing depends on whether you are a strong or weak swimmer. But bear in mind, "it is always the strong swimmer who drowns."

Departure and Enlightenment

At the age of 29, Siddhartha , Prince of Kapilavastu, escaped his palace to become a mendicant, leaving behind his royal life.
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6 years later, Prince Siddhartha gained enlightenment under a pipal tree, and rose as the Buddha we know.

Sometimes, it just keeps you wondering why it has to be a pipal tree...

Speech by Adrian Tan to the NTU graduating class of 08′

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddzjspjb_74hnmchcf8&hl=en

Adrian is best known for his fiction novels The Teenage Textbook and The Teenage Workbook.

Here is his bio...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Tan

Random Thoughts (3)

Conversation is like chess play.

Random Thoughts (2)

You are never ready; you can only be more ready.

Class

"Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure footed-ness that comes with having proved you can meet life."

--Ann Lander