Wali

“The autistic personality is an extreme variant of male intelligence.”
― Hans Asperger

“The work of epidemiology is related to unanswered questions, but also to unquestioned answers.”
― Patricia Buffler

“فإني كنت دائما أعلم أن المنطق اليوناني لا يحتاج إليه الذكي ولا ينتفع به البليد ولكن كنت أحسب أن قضاياه صادقة لما رأيت من صدق كثير منها.”
― ابن تيمية, الانتصار لأهل الأثر - نقض المنطق

“In our society, there seems a general rule that, the more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less one is likely to be paid for it. Again, an objective measure is hard to find, but one easy way to get a sense is to ask: what would happen were this entire class of people to simply disappear? Say what you like about nurses, garbage collectors, or mechanics, it's obvious that were they to vanish in a puff of smoke, the results would be immediate and catastrophic. A world without teachers or dock-workers would soon be in trouble, and even one without science fiction writers or ska musicians would clearly be a lesser place. It's not entirely clear how humanity would suffer were all private equity CEOs, lobbyists, PR researchers, actuaries, telemarketers, bailiffs or legal consultants to similarly vanish. (Many suspect it might markedly improve.) Yet apart from a handful of well-touted exceptions (doctors), the rule holds surprisingly well.”
― David Graeber