This last is, perhaps, my most anti-utilitarian opinion: I hold all knowledge that is concerned with things that actually exist – all that is commonly called Science – to be of very slight value compared to the knowledge which, like philosophy and mathematics, is concerned with ideal and eternal objects, and is freed from this miserable world which God has made.
Bertrand Russell - Autobiography
It is a great thing to find a puzzle; because, so long as it is puzzling one knows one has not got to the bottom of things.
Bertrand Russell - Autobiography
Und was unterscheidet den Angehörigen der westlichen Wertegesellschaft vom Islamisten? Die Fähigkeit, ja, der feste Wille, betrunken Fahrrad zu fahren!
Hans Zippert (FAZ): Betrunken Fahrrad fahren ist doch ein Menschenrecht
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We consider a game theoretic model to study allocation of credit to authors; in particular, we find that alphabetical ordering can lead to higher research quality, while ordering by contribution results in a denser collaboration network and more publications.