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  2. Knowledge can be profoundly sad, but I need to believe ... - AOL

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    Today I feel the world collapsing around me like a misplayed Jenga tower. This is hardly a new feeling, and in the past it has ebbed and waned, depending on events both in my personal life and in ...

  3. Failure of imagination - Wikipedia

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    Failure of imagination is a phrase applied to an undesirable yet seemingly predictable circumstance—predictable particularly in hindsight—that occurs unanticipated. [ citation needed ] It is distinguishable from a " black swan event ", which by definition defies prediction.

  4. 7 epic failures for Mark Cuban — and 7 lessons for you - AOL

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    Cuban is an example of how even the richest and most famous people in the world fail. But his story shows that the right response to failure can lead to success. A disastrous 2020 might have left ...

  5. Clarke's three laws - Wikipedia

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    One account stated that Clarke's laws were developed after the editor of his works in French started numbering the author's assertions. [2] All three laws appear in Clarke's essay "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination", first published in Profiles of the Future (1962); [3] however, they were not all published at the same time.

  6. Problem of induction - Wikipedia

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    For example, one might argue that it is valid to use inductive inference in the future because this type of reasoning has yielded accurate results in the past. However, this argument relies on an inductive premise itself—that past observations of induction being valid will mean that future observations of induction will also be valid.

  7. Hewlett-Packard and the Failure of Imagination - AOL

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    One week ago, the tech market went haywire -- and shook Apple (NAS: AAPL) to its core. No, I'm not talking about Steve Jobs's surprise resignation. Although that was certainly big news, it didn't ...

  8. Imagination - Wikipedia

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    Olin Levi Warner, Imagination (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Imagination is the production of sensations, feelings and thoughts informing oneself. [1] These experiences can be re-creations of past experiences, such as vivid memories with imagined changes, or completely invented and possibly fantastic ...

  9. ‘He never went right’: Warren Buffett exposed the top reason ...

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    For example, Arrived’s online platform allows you to invest in shares of rental homes and vacation rentals without taking on the responsibilities of property management.