50 Things I Pretend to Know Now That I Am Nearing 50

Is arresting criminals justified? Is protecting yourself against criminals justified? Is keeping the justice system justified?

If you believe that the war is never justified then you lost it before it even started.

Yes, we should be disgusted by using the violence. Yet we should be ready and willing to use it when it is the only option left.

25) Only math you need ...

What about derivatives? Integrals? What about Fourier transform? Sorry, but I am not buying.

But I guess that it is a great advancement from believing that it is enough when you know how to count.

45) Nobody knows how World War I was started...

Sorry, but we have at least by now quite good understanding about how the things got escalated and what was the historical background for it. The war was escapable till the last minute. Just the people involved saw it more profitable to let it happen.

> War is never justified.

> Ability is 99 parts skill, one part talent.

> The only math you need is: add/divide/multiply in your head. And basic probability and statistics and percentages.

I mean, if it makes you happy, keep telling yourself that.