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To grow properly, almost every part of the body needs to be stressed appropriately by interactions with the outside world.

閱讀異己既是拓展一個人想像力的方法，也是培養同情、理解異己的特殊時刻。

Another application of evolutionary medicine is to recognize that many symptoms are actually adaptations.

We believe what we do largely because of the way our beliefs fit into our worldview.

It is a good mental exercise to pretend that you believe something you really do not believe. And the clearer you are about your own prejudgements, the more likely you will not to misjudge those made by others.

Philosophy according to Aristotle, begins in wonder. It certainly begins in childhood, even if for most of us it stops there, too.

Adults do not lose the curiosity that seems to be a naive human trait, but their curiosity deteriorated in quality. They want to know whether something is so, not why.

Scientific objectivity is not the absence of initial bias. It is attained by frank confession of it.

The cause of every human action, Tolstoy thought, we’re so manifold, so complex, and so deeply hidden in unconscious motivations that it is impossible to know why anything ever happened.

A witness cannot suppose anything, he cannot guess or hypothecate or estimate (except under very carefully controlled conditions)

治國之時，新加坡權威政府倚重的並非國家的威迫力量，政府更重要的管治任務，是讓民眾充滿愉悅舒服感，自願受政府支配。

超越八成以上的世界，本來就非常美妙。不只是跑步，任何事情都一樣。

...那就是日日累積自己持續做的事情，總有一天會出現某種成功。這個成果可能是手感、實際感受等主觀的感覺，也可能是由數據呈現的客觀資訊。

...所有事物的點和點之間，都需要持續才能連成一條線。事情不是做一次就結束，而是必須不斷創造下一次，一點一滴持續累積才具有成果。

A story is like life itself; in life, we don’t expect to understand events as they occur, at least with total clarity, but looking back on them, we do understand.

Do not say you agree, disagree, or suspend judgement, until you can say “ I understand.”

The language they must use to communicate is an imperfect medium, clouded by emotion and colored by interest, as well as inadequately transparent for thought.