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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.

— Alfred North Whitehead, An Introduction to Mathematics, p.46

Except. Um. Er ...

---L.

Date: 3 February 2013 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] danielmedic.livejournal.com
I'm not sure there is an "except" there. If we can survive without having to think about it all the time, then we have more time to think about the things we want to spend our time thinking about.

Date: 3 February 2013 07:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com
“Orthodoxy means not thinking–not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.” ~ Nineteen Eighty-Four

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